Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – A large number of Bahá’í-owned businesses in the Sistan and Baluchistan provinces have been sealed by agents of the Office of Buildings and Public Places.…
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Baha’i Businesses in Iran Sealed for Honoring Bicentenary
Source: Tavaana This October, millions of people around the world celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of Baha’u’llah, the founder of the Baha’i Faith. In Iran however, many Baha’is were punished for honoring the…
Closure of Business and Detention of Baha’i Citizen, Kamran Shahidi
Source: adian.bashariyat.org Translation by Iran Press Watch September 30, 2017, by the Committee for the Defense of the Rights of All Religious Individuals Kamran Shahidi, a Baha’i living in Tehran, was arrested on Monday, September 25,…
Mr. Larijani, Please Tell Us When
Source: medium.com By Foaad Haghighi It has been only one hundred and seventy some-odd years since Muslim clergy in Iran used to incite their followers at the mosque to attack Babis and Baha’is, raid their homes and…
The Baha’i Welder Who Would Not Give Up
Source: www.iranwire.com By MAHROKH GHOLAMHOSSEINPOUR One of the common tools the Islamic Republic authorities use to harass Baha’is is to close up their shops and places of business without any warning or justification. Ten months ago, they did this to…
Threat to Close and Seal Baha’i Business in Karaj
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Following the widespread closures of Baha’i businesses in recent weeks, the Office of Public Property of Alborz Province has sent a letter to Mehran Naseri, a Baha’i resident of…
At Least 11 Baha’i Businesses Sealed; 9 People Summoned
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA Reporting – The businesses of at least eleven Baha’is in Urumiyeh have been closed by the government’s Office of Public Property. At the same time at least nine…
Closure of at Least 11 Baha’i-Owned Businesses in Ahvaz
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency)- Indifferent to a recent verdict of the Administrative Bureau of Justice, the shops and businesses of at least 11 Baha’is who closed…
Forced Closure of Baha’i-Owned Optical Shops, Despite Orders by the Ministry of Health
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Per HRANA (Human Rights Activist News Agency) in recent years there have been several reports published about Baha’i-owned optical shops being closed and sealed by the Iranian government, supposedly for…
Baha’i Business Sealed in Shahroud
Source: humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from the Website of Human Rights in Iran, quoting BahaiNews, “the auto parts business of Maziar Hamedian, was closed and sealed on June 6, 2017 by…
A Baha’i-Owned Business Shut Down and Confiscated in Karaj
Source: humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch May 22, 2017 Synopsys: The business of Farhad Samadani, a Baha’i resident of Karaj in Alborz province, was closed and sealed from use by ten officers from the Office…
Open Letter from a Baha’i Citizen to the Presidential Hopefuls of Iran: How Is Foreign Investment Encouraged While the Law Does Not Even Protect Citizen Property?
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HARNA News – A Baha’i citizen has written an open letter to the Presidential candidates of Iran, outlining the lack of protection offered by the law to the…
Summons, Detention, and Search of the Residences and Shops of Six Baha’is in Sistan and Baluchistan
Source: BahaiNews 1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews, on Thursday, May 4, 2017, Sistan and Baluchistan security forces searched two Baha’i homes and summoned three of their inhabitants. They have also detained…
Non-Baha’i Shopkeepers in Noshahr Call for the Reopening of Baha’i Shops
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com May 12, 2017 Translation by Iran Press Watch A group of Noshahr shopkeepers, in protest to the closure of Baha’i businesses in this city, have written to the governor of Noshahr demanding the reversal…
42 Bahai Businesses in Rafsanjan and Kerman Remain Sealed After Two Years
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – The businesses of 42 Baha’is in Kerman and Rafsanjan were shut down and sealed two years ago by the Office of Properties of both cities due to…
Closure of 18 Baha’i-Owned Businesses in Shaheen-Shahr
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews, 18 Baha’i-owned businesses in Shaheen-Shahr, Isfahan Province, were closed and sealed on Monday, May 1, 2017 by officers of the provincial Office of Public Places. The…
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