5 News Sources on #BahaiRights in Iran
1. Iran Press Watch (http://www.iranpresswatch.org)
Of course i'm biased naming this one first. IPW acts as a clearinghouse for much of the media on the Baha'is in the Iranian press. When we started the project, i was surprised by how much the Iranian news agencies actually document about the Baha'is. Arrests, releases, even some harsher attacks on Baha'is are documented. More information is provided by human rights organizations. No western news agency has been able to independently cover any incident on the Baha'is. Iran really has a tight grip on information flow.
2. Muslim Network for Baha'i Rights (http://www.bahairights.org)
Created by the Mideast Youth Network, an award-winning and highly diverse group of the Middle East's most innovative and intelligent young minds, MNBR has been the source of a wide variety of creative and expressive new media content on the Baha'is in Iran and Egypt. They created an interactive timeline, several challening (and funny) short films, and interactive map, and cartoons on the most ridiculous challenges by the Iranian regime. Baha'is have a lot to learn from their work.
3. HRA Iran (http://www.hra-iran.org)
The Human Rights Activists have a good information connection to Iran. While Baha'is are not their only focus in covering human rights abuses throughout Iran, they provide valuable first hand news on attacks, arrests, university expulsions etc. of Baha'is. They do have an English version too, but oftentimes you'll find a quicker translation (or the only translation) on Iran Press Watch.
4. Baha'i World News Service (http://news.bahai.org/human-rights/iran/iran-update/)
The official international Baha'i news agency. All information you will find here has been verified by the Baha'i administration. Its a one-page report that is updated regularly and thus always provides a good overview of all developments and persecution. Individual Baha'is rarely give statements on the Iran situation and leave it to official (and wiser in the delicate situation where every word can backfire into an attack on Iranian Baha'is) Baha'i representatives, whose contact information you can find on this site too. They also have a compendium of media reports and government reactions on the #BahaiRights situation. All they need now is a functioning RSS feed for the page.
5. Iran Baha'i US (http://iran.bahai.us/)
The External Affairs Office of the American Baha'is is feeding this blog with news and media coverage. The U.S. government has shown great support to the Baha'is, and these guys have done a good job documenting it and calling to action. Many significant media reports on the Iran situation can be found here. They have a valuable reports, statements and documents library.
