Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in Europe and North America (IHRAG) reports that on the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Center of Human Rights Defenders in Tehran was raided by…
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Police Raid, Close Offices of Shirin Ebadi
Agence France Press (AFP) has just released the news that the Iranian authorities have closed down the offices of Nobel Laureate human rights defender Shirin Ebadi. TEHRAN (AFP) — Iranian security forces have raided and…
Update on Three Baha’is in Yasuj
On 4 December 2008, Iran Press Watch shared the news of the imprisonment of three Baha’is in Yasuj on the charge of “activities against the nation’s security by holding anti-Islamic classes.” On Tuesday, 9 December…
Request for Iran Human Rights Commission
The following is a translation of the request of a group of Iranian human rights activist organizations on the occasion of December the 10th, International Human Rights Day, including a short report on the human…
Open Letter by Prominent Figures
Prominent figures from the worlds of education, law, human rights, religion and journalism have today published an open letter expressing grave concern at the Iranian government’s denial of access to education to members of the…
Destruction of Baha’i Cemeteries: A Systematic Anti-Baha’i Campaign
By Vahid Mazahib [The Religious Group] Tuesday, 9 December 2008 Among the various problems confronting the Baha’is of Iran, one can point to the systematic destruction and desecration of their cemeteries as a significant element…
Denial of Education: An Appeal by an Academic
On 30 October 2005, Dr. Christopher Buck wrote the following letter to several officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran serving in the United States, Canada and the Great Britain, in addition to sharing it…
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