Editor’s Note: Ayatollah Siyyid Husayn Kazemeyni Boroujerdi is an Iranian cleric who advocates separation of religion and government. He first expressed his opposition to the Islamic government of Iran in 1994, and opposed the theocratic…
Monthly Archives For June 2009
32 Questions
Iran Press Watch has recently received the attached document which lists 32 questions that the celebrated Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali Isfahani, a prominent Baha’i during the time of Baha’u’llah and Abdu’l-Baha, had composed. These questions were intended…
Iran’s Official Propaganda about the Baha’is
Like all other embassies, the Iranian embassy in Greece also publishes information for the benefit of those wishing to visit Iran or learn about Iran. This document is available at: http://www.iranembassy.gr/eng/files/HumanRightsinIran.pdf. A copy of this…
Three Baha’is Summoned to Intelligence Ministry in Urumiyeh
On Monday, May 25, 2009, the usually reliable HRA site reported: Three Baha’is who reside in Urumiyeh [northwest of Iran] have been summoned to the Information Bureau of the Ministry of Intelligence. Mr. Faraez Reza’i,…
Colored Pencils
Editor’s Note: The following is a translation of a short essay that recently appeared in Persian on the occasion of the third anniversary of the arrest of 54 Baha’i youth in Shiraz. The original Persian…
Baha'i Wedding Ceremony Disrupted by IRI Agents
The following report was posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009, by Iran Press News: On Thursday, May 21, 2009, a wedding ceremony was held for Sahar Purhusayni (a Baha’i from Semnan) and Iqan Imamverdi (a…
Forum on the Right to Education held in Kermanshah
On Saturday May 30, 2009 a forum on the right to education convened as a fourth meeting of its kind nationwide. The Committee on the Right to Education, which is a branch of the Human…