Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Payam Vali, a Baha’i citizen whose optician business has been sealed by security agents for ten years, has had his most recent petition to…
Closure of Business
Recently Released Documents Reveal Institutional Restrictions on Bahai Businesses in Sari
Source: Alliance for Rights of All Minorities-ARAM This document which appears on the letterhead of Mazandaran province and government of Sari is signed by Esmail Hosseinzadeh, a county supervisor. It states that all directing offices responsible…
Economic Repression of Baha’i Citizen in Maku, Shahin Dehghan
Source: www.hra-news.org Date: May 21, 2018 Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency –Shahin Dehghan, a Baha’i citizen and resident of Maku, was summoned to the Intelligence Office in Maku on May 10, 2018 and…
Final Warning to Seal the Shop of a Baha’i Owner in Tabriz
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report by the campaign of “No to Imprisonment and Persecution of Baha’is”, a shop belonging to Ms. Shiva Isa-Khani, a Baha’i in Tabriz, was shut…
Ten-Year Shutdown of Baha’i-Owned Business: A Report on Sealing of Mr. Payam Vali’s Business
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA News Agency, the optician business of Payam Vali, a Baha’i citizen, was shut down by government agencies over ten years ago and remains closed to this…
Sealing of Baha’i-Owned Business in Minushahr
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The place of business of Baha’i citizen Na’im Ha’i in Minushahr was sealed on March 20, 2018. A source close to the family of Na’im…
Sealing of Baha’i-Owned Businesses
Source: didgahenow.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Since the Islamic Revolution, systematic oppression of the Baha’i Community in Iran by the Islamic Regime has been ongoing, with economic oppression being one of the methods used…
Baha’i Transferred to Prison Upon Inquiring About Forced Closure of Premise
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Faramarz (Hooshang) Sabetrasekhi, a Baha’i citizen of Karaj, has been detained and transferred to prison. According to HRANA, the news organization of Human Rights Activists…
Business of Bahá’í Citizen in Shahriar under Forced Closure and Seal since November
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The sports equipment retail business of Erfan Bahamin, a Bahá’í citizen residing in the city of Shahriar, was forcibly closed and sealed by the…
Report on the Continuation of the Closure of the Baha’i Businesses in Karaj
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.com December 26, 2017 Translation by Iran Press Watch The business of Farokh Bandi, a Baha’i citizen in Karaj, has been closed and sealed by authorities. According to Human Rights Watch in Iran, on October…
Baha’is-Owned Shops Sealed Off In Tabriz
Source: en.radiofarda.com At least sixteen businesses run by Baha’i citizens are sealed off in recent weeks in Tabriz, the largest city in northwestern Iran, reports say. In an interview with Radio Farda, the Baha’i International Community,…
Forced Closure of At Least Nine Baha’i-Owned Business in Tabriz
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.com Translation by Iran Press Watch 17 December, 2017 The businesses of at least nine Baha’is have been closed and sealed by the agents of the Office of Public Properties of Eastern Azerbaijan Province in…
Fifth Forced Closure of Baha’i Business in the City of Tabriz
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch December 7, 2017 According to reports from the Baha’i Campaign, and as described by HRANA (Human Right Activists News Agency Iran), another Baha’i-owned has been forcibly closed and sealed.…
Is There New Hope for Baha’is as Third Leader is Released?
Source: www.iranwire.com By AIDA GHAJAR Iran’s Baha’i community is celebrating the release of Behrooz Tavakoli, one of the seven members of an informal leadership group called the Yaran (“the Friends”). Tavakoli is the third of the group to…
Shahindokht Molaverdi: There Have Been Written Communications Regarding the Forced Closure Baha’i-Owned Businesses
Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Shahindokht Molaverdi, Special Assistant to the Iranian President for Civil Rights, has reported that there have been written communications with the related authorities regarding the sealing of Bahá’í owned…
Baha’i Shops Remain Sealed since November 2016 in Mazandaran, Despite Court Ruling in their Favor
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA (Human Rights Activist News Agency in Iran), more than 96 Baha’i-owned shops in Mazandaran Province remain sealed, since a series of forced closures by police and…