Editor’s Note: Iran Press Watch was pleased to receive the following notice from the Mideast Youth organization, which we share below for the benefit of our readers. Heartfelt congratulations to the Mideast Youth group for another important…
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Baha’i Children Prevented from Attending Schools
For the past 30 years, it has been the policy of the leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran to strangle the Baha’i community of that country through various means, culturally, economically, and legally, including…
An Arrest in Semnan
Editor’s Note: Iran Press Watch regrets that due to the pressure of work it failed to report on an important development in Semnan, as reported through Mihan site on Tuesday, April 14, 2009. For the…
First National ID Issued for Baha’is in Egypt
Editor’s Note: The following report by Safaa Abdoun was published on Daily News Egypt and because of its implications for the entire area, including Iran, it is reposted here. Following years of legal battles and…
A Baha’i Home Searched
According to Baha’i World News Service, on July 29, 2009, the home of Mr. Nader Munzavi in Delijan, in the province of Makazi, was searched and his computer and Baha’i books were confiscated. Mr. Munzavi…
Baha’is on Temporary Leave from Prison
On separate reports, the Persian page of Baha’i World News Service has advised that Baha’i prisoners in Shiraz and Yazd have been given temporary leave from prison: Three Baha’i youth prisoners have been given a…
A Baha’i Sentenced to Imprisonment
According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, the Revolutionary Court of Semnan has convicted a Baha’i resident to 18 months imprisonment. According to the court ruling, Mrs. Susan Tebyanian[-Jabbari], a Baha’i resident of Semnan was…
An Evening in Support of the Baha’is of Iran
On August 12, 2009, an event was held in San Francisco’s historic Herbst Theater, entitled “An Evening in Support of the Baha’is of Iran”, to raise awareness about the persecution of the Baha’i community in…
Rag-e Tak Available Online
Iran Press Watch is pleased to note that the two-volume survey of Iranian social history titled, Rag-e Tak [the vein of vine], is now available online at: http://ragetak.com/ Rag-e Tak is by “Delarm Mashhoori” and…
Trial Delayed!
According to various sources, the trial of the seven imprisoned Baha’is who formerly supervised the Baha’i community of Iran has been postponed. The new trial date appears to be set for 26 Mehr 1388, corresponding…
Lawyer: Iran has no evidence against Baha'i prisoners
(CNN) — Iran should release seven Baha’i prisoners accused of espionage because it does not have any evidence against them, their lawyer Shirin Ebadi told CNN on Saturday. “In the files, in the case basically,…
Profiles of the Yaran
In anticipation of the upcoming trial of the seven former leaders of the Baha’i community of Iran, known as the Yaran, meaning friends, Iran Press Watch is pleased to publish the following short biographical profiles…
Sunday Editorial on the Upcoming Trial
After more than a year of incarceration, the situation of the former leaders (Yaran, meaning “friends”) of the Baha’i community of Iran appears to be of profound concern. According to various reports, the seven former…
An Iranian Cleric Protests Trial of Yaran (part 2)
Editor’s Note: For those interested in the original of this seminal essay, please consult the Persian page of Iran Press Watch (here). In response to the repeated questions and enquiries of his followers as to…
In Support of the Baha’is of Iran
Editor’s Note: Prof Abbas Milani is Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford, where he is the co-director of the Iran Democracy Project. Following if the text of Dr. Abbas Milani’s speech at the Herbst Theater…
An Iranian Cleric Protests Trial of Yaran (part 1)
Editor’s Note: Hojjatoleslam Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari (b.1950) is an Iranian cleric, researcher, journalist and reformist. He has been described as “an active supporter of the revolution” who became “an outspoken and influential critic of the…
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