Source: iranwire.com
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence agents raided 10 Baha’i homes and businesses in Isfahan on Wednesday, confiscating property and threatening residents without warrants.
The raids targeted Navid Mogharebin, Saeed Mogharebin, Manouchehr Rezaei, Sepehr and Shahab Torabi, Babak Babakan, Behnam Janmiyan, Peyman Makhmoor, Kourosh Sadeghi, and Omid Firouzmandi.
Agents first searched seven businesses owned by Baha’i adherents before proceeding to raid their homes. Three neighbors who are also Baha’i were later targeted.
During the searches, agents confiscated phones, computers, tablets, books, photographs, gold, and coins. The raids were carried out on a “verbal order” without legal warrants, according to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights.
Agents reportedly broke down one door and assaulted a young man in another home.
Baha’is in Iran face systematic persecution, including restrictions on education, employment, and religious practice.
They are often accused of espionage or acting against the government, though the Baha’i International Community says no evidence has ever been presented to support these claims.
Over the past two years, Iranian authorities have intensified their crackdown on Baha’is – imprisoning dozens on spurious charges, denying them access to higher education and employment, and confiscating or destroying their properties.
In its latest annual report, Human Rights Watch described the systematic suppression and denial of basic rights to Baha’is as a crime against humanity.
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