Source: bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to reports received by the “NO to the Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’is” campaign, agents from the Chamber of Commerce went to the shops of three Baha’is in…
Closure of Business
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…
Shop Closing in Iran a Violation of Economic Rights
Source: www.bic.org UN Human Rights Council – 29th Session, June 2015 Agenda ITEM 4 24 June 2015 Geneva On 24 May, agents of the Iranian government Public Places Supervision Office sealed eleven shops in…
Fresh Attacks on Baha’i Businesses
Source: en.iranwire.com Tuesday 23 June 2015 OstanWire Iranian authorities have launched a renewed attack on Iran’s Baha’i community, targeting Baha’i-run shops and small businesses. In a bid to prevent the religious minority from observing holidays, authorities ordered…
Another Bahai Business Closed in Sari
Source: BahaiNews1 A carpentry workshop belonging to Qavamoddin Sabetian a 74-year-old Bahai from Sari, is still closed, almost two months after local authorities moved to close about a dozen Bahai-run businesses in the city. This workshop…
Baha’i Shopkeepers in Iran Pressured against Observing Their Religious Holy Days
Source: Baha’i World News Service GENEVA — Tens of Baha’is’ shops in the cities of Rafsanjan, Kerman, Sari and Hamadan have been sealed by government authorities in an effort to pressure Baha’is not to observe their…
Eleven Baha’is’ Businesses Closed in Sari
Source: hra-news.org HRANA News – The number of businesses belonging to Baha’i residents of Sari that have been shut down are now as many as eleven. According to HRANA, the news organization of Human Rights Activists…
Closure of Three Baha’i-Owned Businesses in Sari
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch 05/25/2015 HRA News Agency (HRANA) – Yesterday, the businesses of three Baha’is in Sari were shut down by the Office of Properties and City Development of the City of…
Iran’s Apartheid Rules for Baha’is Clarified
Source: sahamnews.org May 19, 2015 Translation by sen’s daily Saham News has published an order from the chief of police, dating from April 8, 2010, which clarifies which economic sectors are forbidden for Baha’is. Because Baha’is…
Imprisoned Baha’i Asks that His Family be Allowed to Reopen His Business
Source: www.facebook.com Translation by Iran Press Watch May 4, 2015 To the Director of the Department of Public Places in the Province of…
Harassment and Closure of Baha’i Businesses in Kerman
Source: hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency. Harassing the businesses of Baha’i citizens still persists in a number of cities in the Province of Kerman. According to the report by HRANA ‒ Human…
Four Baha’i Shops Closed in Nashtarud, More Closures Expected
Source: hrana Translation by Sen’s daily at wp.me/pNMoJ-29U Early in the morning of November 18, the local officials who supervise public places closed four Bahai-run shops in Nashtarud, a district centre on Iran’s Caspian coast. There…
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