EXHIBIT 99.1
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      CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                                   PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     I,  Theodore  A. Boutacoff, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted  pursuant  to  Section  906  of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the
Quarterly Report of IRIDEX Corporation on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
March 29, 2003 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934  and that information contained in such
Quarterly  Report  on  Form  10-Q  fairly  presents in all material respects the
financial  condition  and  results  of  operations  of  IRIDEX  Corporation.

                                     By:    /s/  Theodore A. Boutacoff
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                                     Name:  Theodore A. Boutacoff
                                     Title: Chief Executive Officer

     I, Robert Kamenski, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Quarterly
Report of IRIDEX Corporation on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 29,
2003 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in such Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q fairly presents in all material respects the financial
condition and results of operations of IRIDEX Corporation.

                                     By:    /s/  Robert Kamenski
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                                     Name:  Robert Kamenski
                                     Title: Chief Financial Officer