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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Baha’i Arrested in Sari
According to Human Rights Activists News Agency, on Tuesday, August 4, Anvar Moslemi (http://www.iranpresswatch.org/post/3934), one of the Baha’is of Sari, was arrested at his house and taken to an unknown location. On that day, a…
From the Editor’s Desk
Recently a talk by Mrs. Malek-Afagh Davudi, the widow of the former member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran, Prof ‘Ali-Murad Davudi, who disappeared on November 11, 1979, and is presumed killed, was published…
Widespread Destruction of Baha’i Properties in Semnan
Editor’s Note: Semnan continues to be among the foremost anti-Baha’i hotbeds in Iran. Hardly a day passes that the Baha’is of that region are not subjected to another form of persecution, vandalism, and harm. This…
Atrocious Acts in Prisons
Editor’s Note: Though the mission of Iran Press Watch is primarily to document atrocities inflicted against the Baha’i community of Iran, it is recognized that the human rights of all Iranians – indeed all the…
Authorities tighten grip on Christians as unrest roils
Amid a violent crackdown on protestors and a purge of opponents within the Iranian government, more than 30 Christians were arrested in the last two weeks near Tehran and in the northern city of Rasht. …
A Baha’i Woman and her Son Arrested in Mazandran
Security forces in the city of Sari detained a mother and her son from one of the villages surrounding this city. In the afternoon of July 28, nine Intelligence agents raided the residence of…
Abdu’l-Baha on Baha’i Persecutions in 1903 (part 7)
Editor’s Note: This is the final instalment in Abdu’l-Baha’s remarkable report about the persecution of the Baha’is in Isfahan, Yazd and the surrounding areas. Previous segments are available at: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6…
Abdu’l-Baha on Baha’i Persecutions in 1903 (part 6)
In short, the last information from Yazd, conveyed by the illustrious Siyyid Mahdi Afnan, the offshoot of the Divine Lote Tree, is as follows: The number of the martyrs has reached one hundred and seventy…
Iran: Religious Minority Groups
Approximately 89% of Iranians are Shia Muslims.[13] The rest, including Baha’i, Christian, Zoroastrian, Sunni Muslim, and Jewish communities, constitute around 11%. Despite their popularity in the country, the total membership of Sufi groups in the…
Helping the hidden victims of persecution in Iran
By Michael Boren Simin Ziaie flips through the pages of 215 men, women and teenagers. Their faces represent multitudes of families and personalities. One is a 17-year-old girl who taught Sunday school, another an educator,…
Iran Open Letter
Editor’s Note: The following Open Letter was published in August 3, 2009, issue of the New York Times, in a full-page. To Shirin Ebadi and to All the dissidents — the brave men and women…
Abdu’l-Baha on Baha’i Persecutions in 1903 (part 5)
In short, on that day, in course of this mighty cataclysm and the outbreak of this inferno of malice, gates and houses were burned, dwellings invaded, and they destroyed, beat, killed, and plundered all. The…
Abdu’l-Baha on Baha’i Persecutions in 1903 (part 4)
As a result, the third day after the arrival of that worthless [man], either through persuasion or force, a mob of ruffians and vagabonds was assembled. A great multitude, armed with swords and daggers, invaded…
Harassment of Baha’is in Vilashahr
Editor’s Note: Committee of Human Rights Reporters has published a story based on undisclosed sources about the situation of a Baha’i family in Valishahr, near Isfahan. A translation of this report is provided below. By…
Baha'is on Trial?
In a report filed from Cairo on Wednesday, July 29, the Associated Press (AP) writer Lee Keath states: The state news agency IRNA said Wednesday that indictments had been issued against “around 20” detainees involved in “planning…
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