Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch A Baha’i’s response to the Questions of the Commission of Article 90 of the Constitution1 HRANA – In the past few days, a representative of the Commission of Article…
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Iran’s Economic Apartheid
Source: www.commentarymagazine.com By MICHAEL RUBIN AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File Often lost in the debate about whether reintegrating Iran into the world economy will lead it to dedicate itself to the health and well-being of its citizenry is…
Demolition of the Largest Apple Orchard in Semnan Province and Eviction of 80 Families by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Source: www.bahaicamp.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Date: September 17, 2016 As reported by the No to Harassment and Imprisonment of Baha’i Citizens Campaign, according to Iran Wire, Revolutionary Guards from Semnan Province demolished the largest…
Economic Apartheid Thriving in Rowhani’s Minority-Hating Iran
Source: www.theaustralian.com.au By FARIBORZ MOSHIRIAN As Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull joins world leaders in New York this week for the 71st session of the UN General Assembly, the word “apartheid” is being voiced in the corridors of…
The Story of the Economic Suppression of the Bahá’ís in Iran
This article is based on a short documentary entitled “The Story of the Economic Suppression of the Bahá’ís in Iran” which was produced by a few Bahá’ís and their friends in Iran to show Iranians…
Vandalism of a Boutique Owned by a Baha’i in Aqqala
Source: humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch Sometime after midnight on 21 January 2016, a bridal boutique owned by Neda Abdian, a Baha’i citizen, in the town of Aqqala, 15 kilometers from Gurgan, was vandalized by…
Fifty Businesses Closed down following Bahai Holy Day Observances
Source: hra-news.org/fa/religious-minorities/b-196 Translation by Iran Press Watch Over fifty Bahai-run businesses were shut down on October 26, in Bandar Abbas, Kerman, Rafsanjan, and Jiroft. October 25 and 26 this year corresponded to the first and second…
HRANA: Demolition of dam and confiscation of livestock of Bahá'í farmers in Sangesar
HRANA, Human Rights Activists News Agency – The intelligence ministry of the province of Semnan has been putting pressure on the Bahá’í residents of Dazgareh-Afshar, a neighboring hamlet of Sangesar, over the past few months.…
Factory closures highlight economic strangulation of Iran's Baha'is
[BWNS, 14 June 2012] GENEVA — A recent intensification of attacks on Baha’i-owned businesses in Iran further demonstrates the Iranian authorities’ determination to suffocate the economic prospects of the Baha’is of that country, solely on account…
Report exposes Iran's media campaign to demonize Baha'is
[BWNS, 21 Oct. 2011] NEW YORK — In a wide-ranging media campaign that has gone largely unnoticed outside of Iran, hatred and discrimination are being systematically stirred up against the country’s 300,000-member Baha’i minority. In a…
Arsonists threaten reprisals if Baha'is befriend Muslims
(BWNS, 16-Jan-2011, GENEVA) — A recent wave of arson attacks on Baha’i-owned businesses in Rafsanjan, Iran, appears to be part of a campaign to fracture relationships between Baha’is and Muslims in the city.
Search of the house and store of Omid Ghanbari
(AGAHEE) On Wednesday 28th Mehr [20 Oct 2010], coinciding the birth of Imam Reza, eight officers of the Information Office invaded the mobile phone store of Omid Ghanbari, a Baha’i resident of Sari; showing him a…
Workplace of a Baha'i in Karaj is burned down
(HRANA, Monday, 27 Sept 2010): In keeping with the latest escalation of the persecution and repression of Baha’is in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the workplace of one Baha’i in Karaj [a suburb of Tehran]…
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