Since the very last days of December of 2009, the authorities in Iran, through statements and the State news media, have accused the Baha’is of being involved in many ways with the recent political and…
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Baha’i Students Deprived of Higher Education
Editor’s Note: Upon its founding over 30 years ago, the Islamic Republic of Iran adopted a policy of barring Baha’i students from universities and all institutions of higher education. Occasionally, a few Baha’is have been…
Deprived of Education
Editor’s Note: The following is a letter written by a Baha’i college student upon expulsion from the university at which she had been studying. This letter appears below in translation. I, Mona Rezai, born in…
Burial of a Deceased Baha’i Prevented
The following report was posted on the online site of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters on Friday, September 25, 2009, and appears below in translation: After the destruction in recent days of the Baha’i…
More than 20,000 killed over 150 years
Editor’s Note: The following it the third and final portion of last Saturday’s publication in Publico, Portugal’s popular newspaper. The first two portions were published ipw1 and ipw2 By Publico Baha’is have been persecuted in Iran since the…
“Faith Does Not Allow Them to Be Afraid of Death”
Editor’s Note: As mentioned earlier (ipw), last Saturday the popular Portuguese newspaper Publico published a three part series related to the condition of the Baha’is in Iran. The second portion of that article appears below…
Baha’is, Superstitionism and the Iranian Identity (Part 2)
Editor’s Note: The first part of this brilliant essay was published here. The following is the second and final portion of this essay. By Aram Anahid The Shi’ite story of occultation is not the only mystifying…
Kasravi and his Polemic
Ahmad Kasravi (1890-1946) was a notable Iranian linguist, historian, and reformer. Even though in his early years he was trained in a seminary, he soon found himself involved with the constitutional revolution of 1905-11, and…
Updates from BWNS
The following updates were provided by the Persian page of Baha’i World News Service on September 22, 2009, and appear below in translation: Babol (bwns1) Mr. Moshfeq Samandari, who was arrested on April 14, 2009,…
Ordeal of a Baha’i Family
Editor’s Note: The following essay by Amil Imani, who is not affiliated with the Baha’i community, was posted on the PDMI site and is reposted here for the information of readers of Iran Press Watch. …
“They can drink tea – that’s not forbidden”
Editor’s Note: The following article was posted on Forum 18 News Service http://www.forum18.org on Thursday, September 24, 2009. While it is related to events in Uzbekistan, and not about the Baha’i community of Iran, it…
Shiva Nazarahari is released
The following news was posted on the online site of Human Rights Activists News Agency on Wednesday, September 23, 2009: A few minutes ago, Shiva Nazarahari, a human rights activist was released from incarceration in…
Burial of Deceased Baha’i Prevented
The following report was posted on the online site of Human Rights Activists News Agency on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, and appears below in translation: Responsible authorities have created illegal obstacles to the burial of…
“Crime” of being a Baha’i is paid in jail
Editor’s Note: Publico (www.publico.pt) is considered the most influential daily newspaper in Portugal. Last week, its Foreign Desk senior reporter, Margarida Santos Lopes, interviewed Mr. Iraj Kamalabadi, the brother of imprisoned Fariba Kamalabadi, regarding the…
Baha’is, Superstitionism and the Iranian Identity (Part 1)
By Aram Anahid Until recently, whenever the word “Baha’i” was mentioned in Iran it was simply to reinforce the claim that the members of the country’s largest non-Muslim religious minority were foreign agents. During the…
Anti-Baha’i Graffiti
The Muslim Network for Baha’i Rights reported the following on September 19, 2009: A recent visitor in Ardestan, Isfahan province, took these photographs that show insulting graffiti sprayed on Baha’i houses. These messages were written…
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