Mrs. Kamalabadi is one of the seven former Baha’i leaders who continues to languish in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison on false and fabricated charges. She was arrested in May 2008. Several items of interest related…
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Christians in Iran: Threatening Situation
The regime in Tehran is sending out mixed signals as to whether Iran’s Criminal Code will now impose the death penalty on Muslims who forsake Islam to convert to Christianity. A final decision on the…
Abdu’l-Baha on Baha’i Persecutions in 1903 (part 2)
Abdu’l-Baha’s Treatise A synopsis of the sorrowful events of the [Baha’i] martyrs in Yazd and Isfahan He is God! In this enlightened age, which is the century of the Almighty God, by the effulgence of…
Anti-Baha’i Training in Kazerun
Iranian Quran News Agency (IQNA) reports on Tuesday, July 28, 2009, in Persian: A representative of a religious seminary in the province of Fars states that the first round of critical studies of religions and…
Dr. Tavakoli’s Article in Translation
Recently, Iran Press Watch was pleased to post an abstract of Prof. Tavakoli-Targhi’s important essay, “Anti-Baha’ism and Islamism in Iran, 1941-1955”. Through the kindness of one of our readers, the site has received a scan…
Abdu’l-Baha on Baha’i Persecutions in 1903 (part 1)
Editor’s Note: The Baha’i community of Iran has had a long and sorrowful history of persecution, some of which has already been recounted in English language sources. To provide further scholarly access to this history,…
Anti-Baha’ism and Islamism in Iran, 1941-1955
Editor’s Note: Prof. Mohammad Tavakoli-Targhi’s seminal study was published in translation in The Baha’is of Iran: Socio-historical studies, 2008, New York, NY: Routledge. An abstract of this paper appears below with the link to the…
If “We are the world,” then “We are Iran”: Time to Join the Global Day of Action for Iran
Editor’s Note: In support of the Global Day of Action, Iran Press Watch is pleased to publish this invited editorial by Dr. Christopher Buck, a regular contributor to this site. This is a foundational essay…
The Murder of Robert Imbrie (part 2)
Report to the U.S. Secretary of State by W. Smith Murray American Consular Service, Teheran, Persia August 10, 1924 SECRET AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL The Honorable The Secretary of State, Washington Sir: – I have the…
The Murder of Robert Imbrie (part 1)
Robert Whitney Imbrie was a Major in the United States Army and an American diplomat. He was killed at Tehran, on July 18, 1924, by a mob who thought he was a Baha’i. He was…
There Can’t be a Happy Ending to Our Story
There can’t be a happy ending to our story, if only the human rights of certain segments of society are considered Editor’s Note: Dr. Vahdati is an Iranian-American human rights activist and freelance writer who…
Justice, not Shame!
Editor’s Note: Dr. Naficy is a well-known Iranian poet, writer, and human rights and political activist. In April of this year, he wrote a brilliant essay, which Iran Press Watch was pleased to share extracts…
The Islamic Revolution in Iran, 30 years on
by Dr. Wahied Wahdat-Hagh Death sentences, executions, floggings and amputations mark the bitter reality in Iran 30 years on from the Islamic Revolution. The Bahai are particularly threatened by the prevailing law. Mehrangiz Kar worked…
No Laughing Matter – Omid Djalili speaks out
Editor’s Note: Omid Djalili is an award-winning British-Iranian actor/comedian. Not only acclaimed as one of Britain’s funniest stand up comedians, he has also featured in films including ‘The Mummy’, ‘Gladiator’, and ‘Casanova’. Omid is also…
'Iran provides Bahais with all facilities'
Iran’s Prosecutor General, Qorban-Ali Dorri-Najafabadi, has said the Bahai sect in Iran is using the same facilities as other Iranians. “The Iranian government has provided the Bahai sect in Iran with all the facilities offered…
Grieboski Report Interview
The Grieboski Report aired an interview recently between Joseph Grieboski, President of the Institute for Religion and Public Policy and Kit Bigelow (picture, right), director of external affairs of the National Spiritual Assembly of the…
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