Editor’s Note: The Amnesty International report published in February 1980 is an important document covering the situation of human rights during the emergence of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This was the only time since…

Editor’s Note: The Amnesty International report published in February 1980 is an important document covering the situation of human rights during the emergence of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This was the only time since…
Update: Iran Plays Down New Obama Video Message (NY Times) Editor’s Note: Barack Obama’s video message to Iranians marks a significant step in the relations between the new U.S. administration and the Islamic leaders of…
The seven members of the now-dissolved informal coordinating network of the Baha’is in Iran, the Yaran. This picture was taken before their imprisonment in March/May 2008. One can only imagine their state after a year…
Editor’s Note: The following report was written by one of the Baha’is of Shiraz, who was aware that Mrs. Haleh Hooshmandi-Salehi was summoned by Iranian government authorities on Monday. They told her to go home…
Editor’s Note: On Saturday, March 7, 2009, several Persian online journals carried this report, which appears below in translation. On March 1, 2009, the government-run University of Semnan expelled Miss Minoo Shahriari, a student majoring…
Editor’s Note: The following account is by Faran Khavan-Yaghma, a Baha’i student recently expelled from a university in Mazandaran because of his religion. This account is provided below in translation by Iran Press Watch. In…
Editor’s Note: Many reports on this site reflect the injustices of the Iranian government towards the beleaguered Baha’i community of that land. In this regard, Iran Press Watch was pleased to ask Gloria Yazdani to…
On March 17, Iran Press Watch reported that efforts were underway to provide the required surety for the release of Mr. Shahroukh Taef who had been incarcerated since January 14, 2009: http://www.iranpresswatch.org/2009/03/17-prisoner-bail/ Reliable sources have…
Iran Press Watch urges its readers to watch the following three part BBC documentary. This well-funded work analyzes the long struggle of Iran and the West to come together ever since the revolution. The documentary…
Editor’s Note: The following report was posted on Rasa News online site and is provided below in translation. For one analysis of the conspiracy myths of imperialist activity by Russians and British, now Americans and…
The following report was posted by Iran Press News on Monday, March 16, 2009, and is provided below in translation by Iran Press Watch: In a highly questionable legal act, the shop of a Baha’i…
On January 14, 2009, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence searched the residences of eleven Baha’is in Tehran and detained six of them. During the search operation, agents seized religious books, portraits, personal computers and…
The German public-service television channel ZDF (“Second German Television”) broadcast a report about the impending trial of the seven imprisoned Baha’i leaders in Iran on the main in-depth news “heute journal”. According to ZDF editors,…
Editor’s Note: Baha’is in Egypt had been involved in a five-year legal battle to regain their civil rights in their country. Iran Press Watch does not intend to cover the persecution of Baha’is in other…
Semnan continues to be a hotbed of anti-Baha’i hostility. The following report was filed by Iran Press News on Sunday, March 15, 2009, and is presented below in translation by Iran Press Watch: On early…
Editor’s Note: The following essay by European Foundation for Democracy was published on Monday, March 16, 2009, and is reprinted here for our readers’ benefit. Iran: Where you can have an Opinion but are not…