Source: www.iranintl.com Iran’s Shiite clerical government has shut down at least 14 businesses associated with Baha’i citizens in Gorgan, Iran, as another instance of persecution. Some sources reported that the sealing of the businesses occurred…
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Two Businesses Belonging to Baha’i Citizens Sealed in Isfahan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – On Tuesday, 12 September 2023, two business units belonging to Baha’i citizens in Isfahan were sealed by the agents of the intelligence department. At…
Iran Continues Its Crackdown On Baha’i Faith With Arrests, 12 School Closures
Source: www.rferl.org Iran’s judiciary says it has closed down 12 schools and educational centers and made several arrests in the northern Iranian city of Babol on charges of “promoting the Baha’i faith,” the country’s largest non-Muslim community.…
Ministry of Intelligence Announces Arrest of 9 Baha’i citizens in Tehran
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The Ministry of Intelligence has announced the arrest of 9 Baha’i citizens in Tehran. The Ministry has also reported that 40 pharmacies and warehouses…
Open Letter from Payam Vali to President Ebrahim Raisi, President of Iran
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com Translation by Iran Press Watch In the name of God, To the esteemed President of the Islamic Republic, I, Payam Vali, an Iranian Baha’i citizen, am writing this open letter to you in…
12 Baha’i -Owned Businesses Shut Down and Sealed in Sari and Shahr-e-Kord
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – On Saturday, April 19, 12 Businesses belonging to Baha’i citizens in Sari and Shahr-e-kord cities were shut down and sealed by the agents of…
Six Shops Belonging to Baha’i Citizens Sealed in Qaemshahr
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – On Monday, November 8, 2021, six businesses own by Baha’i citizens in Qaemshahr were sealed by the agents of the Places Administration. These businesses were…
Baha’i-Owned Business Shut Down for Twelve Years, Owner’s Requests for Reopening Denied by Prosecutors
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA NEWS AGENCY – The optician business of Baha’i citizen, Payam Vali, has been shut down and sealed by government agencies for approximately twelve years, with his most recent…
19 Baha’i Businesses in Sari Remain Sealed after 3 Years
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA News Agency, the Human Rights Activists news organization of Iran, in Sari the shops of 19 Baha’is citizens have been sealed for more than three years…
After Eight Years, 28 Baha’i-Owned Business Remain Sealed in Hamadan
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The shops of 28 Baha’i citizens in Hamadan remain sealed after about eight years. In 2012 the Hamadan Building Authority sealed 33 trade units belonging…
After 3 Years, Businesses of 7 Baha’is in Noshahr Remain Sealed
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Barring the Baha’is from Economic Activities HRANA News Agency – The businesses of seven Baha’i citizens in Noshahr remain sealed after more than three years. On November 1 and…
Bandar Lengeh: Arrest of a Baha’i, and Sealing of Home and Businesses of Two Other Baha’is
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Noushin Hakimi (Nouhnejad), a Baha’i resident of Bandar Lengeh, was arrested by security forces on Saturday, December 14, and taken to an unknown location. At the time…
Five Baha’i-Owned Businesses Sealed in Chabahar
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Today, five businesses owned by Baha’i citizens in Sistan and Baluchistan province who closed their businesses for religious reasons were sealed by order of judicial authorities. Citizens…
Detention, Home Search, and Sealing of Abbas Taef’s Baha’i-Owned Business
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Abbas Taef, a Baha’i resident of Tehran, was detained on Friday by agents of the Office of Intelligence and taken to an unknown location. Officers…
Trying to Shut Down Baha’i Elder Care Center in Golshahr, Karaj
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Karaj Office of Public Places administration officials, by appearing in one of the Elder Care Centers that belongs to Baha’is, have been trying to remove…
Bahá’í-Owned Business Sealed by Authorities in Birjand
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – On the morning of Saturday 5 January 2019, the business of Farshid Deimi, a Bahá’í citizen of Birjand, was sealed by order of judiciary officials.…