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…
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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…
Shohreh Aghdashloo’s Presentation
Over 1400 concerned citizens came together on September 12, 2009, in Washington DC over the issue of human rights in Iran and the plight of persecuted Baha’i community of that land, (see IPW). One of the…
Baha’i Cemetery Ruined for the 18th Time
On Sunday, September 20, 2009, the Committee of Human Rights Reporters posted the following news, which appears below in translation: From September 6 through September 10, using large trucks and bulldozers, a number of unknown…
Updates from BWNS
The following updates were provided by the Persian page of Baha’i World News Service on September 16, 2009, and appear below in translation: Kashan (bwns1) Baha’is Summoned for Interrogations On August 19, 2009, Mr.…
Swelling Chorus in Support of Iranian Baha'is
Editor’s Note: A series of gatherings is organized across the United States in support of the Baha’is of Iran and in preparation for the October 18 trial of the seven former Baha’i leaders of that…
Two Baha’is Imprisoned
The following news was reported by the online site of Human Rights Activists News Agency on Thursday, September 17, 2009, and appears below in translation: Two Baha’is residents in the province of Mazandaran were tried…
IHRDC Releases Witness Statements by Bloggers and Cyber-Journalists
Editor’s Note: On September 14, 2009, IHRDC published the following Press Release: New Haven, Connecticut – The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) today published witness statements by three Iranian bloggers and cyber-journalists who were…
When Baha'is are free, then all Iranians will be
Editor’s Note: Prof Hamid Dabashi is the author of Iran: A People Interrupted. He is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York. The following commentary appeared on…
We will celebrate the end of religious despotism
Editor’s Note: Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush is one of the most prominent Iranian political philosophers, intellectuals, religious scholars and writers. He is a former professor at the University of Tehran (bio). Last Wednesday, he published an…
A glimpse into the Baha’i seven’s coming trial
Editor’s Note: The following story was posted on Los Angeles Times online site on Saturday, September 12, 2009: A trial date has been set for seven leaders of the Bahai community in Iran who have…
IHRDC Newsletter
Iran Press Watch is pleased to bring to the notice of its readers the latest Newsletter published by Iran Human Rights Documentation Center. Topics covered in this issue include: Election Unrest Continues Number of Dead…
4 Baha’i Prisoners Released
The online site of Khabar Navard has reported the following on Friday, September 11, 2009, which appears below in translation: Mrs. Didar Hashemi, Mrs. Vesal Yusufi and Payam Yusufi were released from prison in Sari…
Forced Closure of Baha’i Businesses
As reported previously by Iran Press Watch (IPW1, IPW2 and IPW3), on July 8, 2009, around 4 pm in the afternoon, four agents of the Information office of the Ministry of Intelligence of the city of Sari, in…
New Form of Discrimination
The following news was posted on the site of Khabar Navard and Bah19 on Tuesday, September 8 and Thursday, September 10, 2009, respectively, and appears below in translation: In Iran, even giving private language lessons…
Baha’is Imprisoned in Hamadan
The online site of Khabar Navard on Tuesday, September 8, reported the following, which appears below in translation: Once again, Hamadan has imprisoned two of its Baha’i residents. Mehrangiz Husayni and Nasrin Rahimi have been…
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