By Dr. Hossein Bagher-Zadeh Editor’s Note: Dr. Bagher-Zadeh is a learned Iranian intellectual, a human rights activists and a regular contributor to the online journal Iranian.com, where this essay first appeared. He is a spokesperson…
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A Baha’i Arrested in Semnan
Semnan continues to be a hotbed of anti-Baha’i activity, and many incidents against the Baha’is of that town have been reported in the pages of Iran Press Watch. Iran Press Watch learned earlier today of…
Baha’is Need Justice! (Part 2)
By Dr. Majid Naficy Editor’s Note: The following is part 2 of Dr. Naficy’s cogent article, translated by Iran Press Watch. Author’s Biography: Before Dr. Naficy’s article is presented, we offer the following brief biography…
A Show-Trial of Seven Leading Baha’is of Iran
Editor’s Note: Iran Press Watch is pleased to share this informed and learned editorial by Dr. Momen and invites other readers to comment or share their own essays. Since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the…
Baha’is Need Justice! (Part 1)
By Majid Naficy Editor’s Note: Naficy is a well-known Iranian poet and writer. Recently he was asked to sign the famous letter “We are Ashamed”, but he refused. However, he has written the following brilliant…
Trial of Iranian Baha’i Leaders: A No Win Situation for the Islamic Republic
By Bijan Masumian The news coming out of Iran indicates that at some time in the future, the Islamic Republic government intends to put the seven leaders of the Iranian Baha’i community on trial. The…
Looting of Baha'i homes in Egypt
While the Iranian Baha’is continue to endure gross human rights abuses, another crisis is deepening for the Baha’is in the Middle East. After the recent victory for the Egyptian Baha’is in reinstating their civil rights…
Setting out towards eternity by your hand is preferable!
Editor’s Note: While Iran Press Watch has the strict policy of providing links or sources for all the stories it publishes, we are reluctant to divulge the identity of the author of this report as it will place lives…
Baha’u’llah’s Words on Billboards in Isfahan
In Isfahan, a couple of billboards now display the words of Baha’u’llah, Prophet-founder of the Baha’i Faith, from the “Hidden Words”. On one it says, “In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the…
Persecution of Christians in Iran
Editor’s Note: The Baha’i case is an outstanding example of the moral and intellectual corruption of the Iranian Islamic government. Readers should, however, be made aware that other groups such as women, Kurds, and Christians…
Two Mistakes of the Islamic Republic of Iran
By Shahla Firouz For the past thirty years, the Islamic Republic has made innumerable mistakes and glaring errors in dealing with the Baha’i community. Some of these errors include summary executions, harassment and imprisonment, confiscation…
The Right of Baha’is to Education in the Past Year
Editor’s Note: An annual report on violations of the right of Baha’is in Iran to education was posted in Iran Press News (reference at the end) which appears below in translation. Kindly note that this…
I am first an Iranian, then a Baha'i
Editor’s Note: The following is a translation of an interview by Radio Zamaaneh with Elnaz Ahmadi, a Baha’i who was forced to leave Iran because of her religion. I am first an Iranian, then a…
The Baha’is of Iran and Contact with Foreign Nations
By Mehdi Khalaji Editor’s Note: Mehdi Khalaji is a visiting fellow at the Washington Institute and focuses on the role of politics in contemporary Shi’ite clericalism in Iran and Iraq. From 1986 to 2000 he…
Memories: 30 Years of Islamic Republic
We recently invited our readers to share a short note describing a significant aspect of their memories of the years during and after the revolution. We are sharing selected stories here and will continue publishing…
Update on two Baha’i Prisoners in Mashhad
Iran Press News reported the following on Saturday, March 28, 2009: Two Baha’i citizens by names of Jalayer Vahdat and Sima Eshraqi were arrested on January 26, 2009, in Mashhad and as of this writing…
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