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
June  28, 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,  Larry  Tannenbaum,  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
June  28, 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/  Larry  Tannenbaum
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                                   Name:  Larry  Tannenbaum
                                   Title:  Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice
                                           President of Finance and
                                           Administration  and  Secretary
                                           (Principal Financial and
                                           Accounting Officer)