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,…
Closure of Business
Authorities Silent About Closing 102 Baha’i Shops in Mazandaran
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – After more than three weeks since the closure of 93 Baha’i-owned shops in Mazandaran province, in addition to the closure of 9 Baha’i-owned in Tonekabon over several…
Widespread Closures of Baha’i-Owned Businesses in Rasht
Source: javanehha Translation by Iran Press Watch The Office of Public Places in this city sealed the business premises of eleven Baha’i citizens in Rasht over the last few days: Faraj Farhangi, Touraj Farhangi, Mohammad Asadpour, Foad…
Baha’i Zekrollah Rahmanian Was Fighting Cancer When His Shop Was Sealed – He Passed Away a Week Later
Source: www.bbc.com 15 November, 2016 Translation by Iran Press Watch Zekrollah Rahmanian was fighting cancer in the Imam Khomeini Hospital when he was notified that the Law Enforcement Forces of the Office of Public Properties had…
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.…
Baha’i Businesses Shuttered Across Iran in Ongoing Persecution Campaign
Source: www.iranhumanrights.org Dozens of businesses in Iran owned by members of the Baha’i faith have been indefinitely shut down by the authorities after some owners closed their establishments to honor the birthdays of two of the…
Businesses of Two Baha’is in Karaj Sealed
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch The shops of two Baha’i citizens, Farrokh Bandi and Nabiolahi, have been sealed shut because of their belief in the Baha’i Faith, according to the BahaiNews. Based on…
“We too are Iranian and have a right to live.”
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org November 12, 2016 Translation by Iran Press Watch A Baha’i resident of Karaj whose production workshop was sealed on 6 November 2016 by the Law Enforcement Forces of the Office of Public Property, said:…
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…
The Businesses of Two Baha’i Residents in Karaj Have Been Shut Down
Source: BahaiNews1 November 7, 2016 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to BahaiNews, the businesses of Kambiz Sedghi, and Kourosh Sedghi, who owned interior decoration stores, have been sealed shut by agents of the Office of…
Arrest of at Least Five Baha’i Citizens at the Provincial Governor’s Office of Mazandaran
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch As reported by the BahaiNews, on the morning of 8 November 2016 at least five Baha’i citizens were arrested at the Mazandaran’s Provincial Governor’s Office, and a large…
Forced Closure of Shops in Iran on an Unprecedented Scale
Source: news.bahai.org Over one hundred Baha’i-owned businesses in cities across Iran, including Sari, Ghaemshahr, and Bandar Abbas, were sealed by Iranian authorities after they were temporarily closed to observe Baha’i Holy days on 1 and 2…
Nearly 100 Businesses Sealed in Karaj, Nowshahr, Qaemshahr, Sari, Tonekabon, Amol, Chalus, Bahnemir, Fereydunkenar and Bandar Abbas for Observing Baha’i Holidays
Source: BahaiNews1 According to BahaiNews, security agents and agents from the Office of Public Places raided and shut down 8 Baha’i-owned businesses in Karaj, 35 Baha’i-owned businesses in Sari, 7 Baha’i-owned businesses in Nowshahr, 6…
Sealing of Four Businesses of Bahá’í Citizens and Warning of More, in Khuzestan and Alborz
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Date: 27 September, 2016 In the past few days, four business premises of Baha’i citizens have been sealed, and warnings have been issued to a number of other premises…
Businesses of Four Baha’is in Karaj Sealed
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to “BahaiNews”, the businesses of four Baha’is in the Auto Parts Mall in Karaj were sealed by officers of the Office of Public Property. According to “BahaiNews”,…
BIC Calls on President Rouhani to End Systematic Economic Oppression
Source: news.bahai.org Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani (left); Principal Representative of the Baha’i International Community to the United Nations, Bani Dugal (right). NEW YORK — The Baha’i International Community has called on Iran’s President, Dr Hassan Rouhani,…