Editor’s Note: The following letter is from Iran’s Attorney General, Ayatollah Qorban-Ali Dorri-Najafabadi, to the country’s Minister of Intelligence, Muhseni-Azheh’i. The letter is undated, but since it was published online on 19 February 2009, it…
Monthly Archives For March 2009
Statement by more than 60 Prominent Academics
The statement of protest over the persecution of the Baha’is is now available in 10 languages. Arabic | Chinese | English | German | Greek | Persian | Portugese | Romanian | Russian | Spanish |…
Five Baha'is Released from Prison
Yesterday, Iran Press Watch reported that the Iranian authorities had agreed to release of five recently detained Baha’is: http://www.iranpresswatch.org/2009/03/9-news/ Iran Press Watch is happy to share that it has learned through reliable channels that the following…
Baha'i Woman Arrested in Sari
On Tuesday, March 10, 2009, Iran Press News reported: In a continuation of hostilities towards the Baha’is of Iran, a Baha’i woman in the town of Sari was arrested by agents of the Ministry of…
Prominent Academics Call for End of Persecutions
A prominent group of more than sixty professors and scholars who specialize in Middle Eastern and Iranian Studies have added their voices in protest over the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran and have asked…
Baha'i Administration in Iran Shuts Down
Editor’s Note: As announced by the Universal House of Justice and the Baha’i International Community, in light of recent objections by Ayatollah Qorban-Ali Dorri Najafabadi, Iran’s Attorney General, the rudimentary Baha’i administration that had been…
S.Res.71 introduced in U.S. Senate
Senate Resolution, S. Res. 71, a concurrent resolution to House Resolution, H. Res. 175, regarding the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran, was introduced into the US Senate on March 9, 2009, by Senator Wyden…
News from Iran
Reliable sources have informed Iran Press Watch that yesterday, Monday, March 9, all the Yaran and other Baha’i prisoners were allowed to have their relatives visit them in prison. All Baha’i prisoners appeared in good…
Share Your Memories: 30 Years of Islamic Republic
With the emergence of the Islamic Republic, the situation of the Baha’i community in Iran went from bad to worse. Iran Press Watch is interested in learning how the past 30 years has impacted you…
With a United Voice
Editor’s Note: Iran Press Watch has received a number of expressions of gratitude by members of the Baha’i community to the open letter “We are Ashamed” (see http://www.iranpresswatch.org/2009/02/we-are-ashamed/). A selection of these expressions will be…
A Response to “We Are Ashamed” Letter
Editor’s Note: Following is a translation of an open letter from a group of Iranian Baha’is in response to the open letter from a group of Iranian human rights activists and intellectuals, known as “We…
Anti-Baha’i Methodology
Editor’s Note: In our continual effort to acquaint our readers with the calamity that is the mindset of Iran’s ruling clerical establishment, Iran Press Watch wishes to provide a translation of the following report published…
Freedom of Women is the Standard for Societal Liberties
Editor’s Note: Iran Press Watch was pleased to note this statement published in Iran Press News by the Women’s Coalition Camp in Sanandaj and commissioned a translation of it for our readers. Preamble Below is…
My Expulsion from University
By Sina Dana Editor’s Note: Iran Press Watch was saddened to learn of the recent expulsion of three Baha’i university students (http://www.iranpresswatch.org/2009/03/expulsion-3-sahand/), and has hastened to publish below in translation an account shared by one…
Murder with Impunity
The following is a video showing commentaries about the persecution of the Baha’is. We would also like to draw your attention to the creative work of the Mideast Youth network, who are using cartoons to…
Language of Violence and the Violence against Language
Dr. Nader Saiedi Recently Iran’s attorney general, Dorri Najafabadi, has made different statements about the trial of the seven Baha’is. Although these statements all contradict each other, there is a common point running through them…
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