Editorial Note: Accusations against Baha’is
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...
View ArticleThe Trial of the Yaran under Iranian Criminal Procedure: “The Justice of God”...
THE TRIAL OF THE YARAN UNDER IRANIAN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: “THE JUSTICE OF GOD” OR PROCEDURAL INJUSTICE? by Christopher Buck, Ph.D., J.D. [Editor: Iran Press Watch welcomes back Dr. Christopher Buck, a...
View Article“Respecting Legitimate Freedoms and Protecting Citizens’ Rights: Excerpt from...
Respecting Legitimate Freedoms and Protecting Citizens’ Rights: Excerpt from the Iranian legal framework. [Editor’s Note: Iran Press Watch has recently published a number of articles by qualified...
View ArticleThe Trial of the Yaran under the Iranian “Citizens’ Rights” and “Legal...
The Trial of the Yaran under the Iranian “Citizens’ Rights” and “Legal Procedures for Revolutionary Courts” Standards [Editor’s Note: Iran Press Watch is presenting a new work in a series of analytical...
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The voices of the women of Ivel…
Ivel, Mazandaran, Iran Just over a month has elapsed from the devastating demolishment of 50 homes of Baha’is in a remote and previously unknown village of Ivel in the northern provence of Mazandaran,...
View ArticleBaha’i leaders under pressure in the new prison.
Both Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran (http://hrdai.blogspot.com/2010/08/4-6.html) and Iran Press News (http://www.iranpressnews.com/source/081070.htm) are reporting on the arrival of the...
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“Where is the Justice? stories from behind closed doors,” by Rosa Vasseghi
Inspired by the teachings of the Baha’i Faith, in face of bitter and most horrible injustice, the Baha’is of Iran focus their creative energies in bringing about awareness and positive transformation...
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The Greatest Sin: Being a Bahai in Iran
by Fariba Amini 04-Sep-2010 In 1952, an emissary went to Ayatollah Boroujerdi (the highest ranking Shi’a cleric) to ask him to tell members of the Fedayeen-e Islam not to engage in disruptive and...
View ArticlePersecuting Baha’is on the basis of the “Cult Scenario”
[Mr. Saburi is a diligent essayist; with simple language he reveals the current policy of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to portray the Baha'i Faith and Baha'is in Iran as members of a...
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No justice as Sedghi brother sentenced in Iran
[Dubbo Weekender, 22 Oct. 2011] Since his brother Farhad was arrested in his native Iran in May this year, Nasser Sedghi and his family have been anxiously awaiting news of the dedicated educator’s...
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Summary Report | April – June 2009
Iran Press Watch is pleased to announce its second quarterly Summary Report for 2009. These reports cover arrests, incarcerations, and raids on homes; destruction of Bahá’í properties; denial of...
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If “We are the world,” then “We are Iran”: Time to Join the Global Day of...
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...
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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...
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Sunday Editorial on the Upcoming Trial
After more than a year of incarceration, the situation of the former leaders (Yaran, meaning “friends”) of the Baha’i community of Iran appears to be of profound concern. According to various reports,...
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Baha'i Rights Website Redesigned!
Editor’s Note: Iran Press Watch was pleased to receive the following notice from the Mideast Youth organization, which we share below for the benefit of our readers. Heartfelt congratulations to the...
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Book Notice
Kalmiat Press site has posted the following note: The Genesis of the Babi-Baha’i Faiths in Shiraz and Fars By Mirza Habibu’llah Afnan. Translated and Annotated by Ahang Rabbani. Published by Brill...
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