Source: www.news.bahai.org NEW YORK — Today the international community firmly denounced a wide range of human rights violations in Iran. By a vote of 85 to 35 with 63 abstentions, the United Nations General Assembly approved…
Economic Strangulation
Closure of Baha’i-Owned Shops in Iran Continues
Source: Bahainews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch The business place of Nosratollah Takapooy in the city of Bijar in Kurdestan province has been sealed by agents of the Office of Public Places. He has 56 years…
Warning from Office of Public Places to Baha’i-owned businesses in Qorveh
Source: www.hadizareh.blogspot.com Thursday, 1 December 2016 Translation by Iran Press Watch In the past few days the business premises of seven Baha’i citizens residing in the city of Qorveh were given warnings by the Office of…
After More Than 4 Years, Baha’i Shops Still Closed in Hamadan (Includes Fully Documented Report)
Source: Bahainews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to the Bahainews website, after 4 years the shops of Baha’is in Hamadan remain closed by Iranian officials. According to a Bahainews report, on November 4, 2012,…
The Economic Strangulation of Baha’is in Iran
Source: Masih Alinejad A Jewish man, formally announced, and the media also wrote that, if Donald Trump really wants to do such a thing, I would be the first person to register as a Muslim.…
42 Baha’i Businesses in Kerman Still Sealed
Source: BahaiNews1 Thursday November 10, 2016 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews, forty two Baha’i businesses closed by agents of the Office of Public Places under pressure from the Ministry of Information in…
Iran’s Economic Apartheid
Source: www.commentarymagazine.com By MICHAEL RUBIN AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File Often lost in the debate about whether reintegrating Iran into the world economy will lead it to dedicate itself to the health and well-being of its citizenry is…
Economic Apartheid Thriving in Rowhani’s Minority-Hating Iran
Source: www.theaustralian.com.au By FARIBORZ MOSHIRIAN As Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull joins world leaders in New York this week for the 71st session of the UN General Assembly, the word “apartheid” is being voiced in the corridors of…
The Story of the Economic Suppression of the Bahá’ís in Iran
This article is based on a short documentary entitled “The Story of the Economic Suppression of the Bahá’ís in Iran” which was produced by a few Bahá’ís and their friends in Iran to show Iranians…
Iran: Open Letter Calls on Tehran to Stop Persecuting Baha’i Businesses
Source: www.ibtimes.co.uk By Brendan Cole With economic links between the West and Iran expected to become stronger in coming years, more than 50 business leaders and economists have signed a letter to the Islamic republic’s supreme leader…
“You Baha’is Have No Place in This Country”
Source: en.iranwire.com By Parvaneh Masoumi On Tuesday March 8, Behzad Zabihi Mahforouzaki, a member of Iran’s Baha’i minority, was arrested for the fourth time in the past five years. Zabihi, a resident of the city of Sari in northern…
Over 30 Bahai Businesses Closed in Sari
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Sen’s daily Reports from Sari indicate that over 30 Bahai businesses have been closed by authorities, and that the closures are continuing. Most of the closures have now lasted from 3 weeks…
Iran is Economically Missing Out by Repressing Baha’i Faith
Source: religiousfreedomandbusiness.org by Bruce Rahmani 31 Jul, 2015 In this “Leaders Speak!” edition, U.S. entrepreneur Bruce Rahmani argues that Iran is missing a great resource for economic growth by repressing the country’s largest religious minority – the Baha’is. For instance,…
Shop Closures Only One Element of Economic Persecution of Iranian Baha’is
Source: www.bic.org NEW YORK—1 July 2015—The recent punitive closure of Baha’i-owned shops (link is external) in four Iranian cities by the authorities, after the proprietors shut their businesses to observe Baha’i holy days, is merely the latest in…
Economic Threats: Ministry of Intelligence and Security Extremists’ Priority Path to Annihilating the Baha’is.
Source: http://www.rahesabz.net/story/84601 Publication date: 22 July, 2014, 10:33 PM By Safa Rasti Incredibly, the authorities continue the denial of discrimination against Baha’is in Iran. Incredibly, the Islamic Republic of Iran continues its denial of…
Factory closures highlight economic strangulation of Iran's Baha'is
[BWNS, 14 June 2012] GENEVA — A recent intensification of attacks on Baha’i-owned businesses in Iran further demonstrates the Iranian authorities’ determination to suffocate the economic prospects of the Baha’is of that country, solely on account…
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