Source: augustolopez-claros.blogspot.com Augusto Lopez-Claros The economic marginalization of women and ethnic, religious, and other minorities is a pervasive problem in virtually every country in the world. There is compelling economic evidence that shows that excluding minorities…
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Security forces in Isfahan province have launched a fresh campaign of intimidation against the local Baha’i community, carrying out raids on the homes and businesses of 11 Baha’is in the city of Shahin…
Source: www.bic.org Diane Alai, Representative of the Baha’i International Community to the United Nations in Geneva delivers a statement on the human rights situation of the Baha’is in Iran- the largest non-Muslim minority in the country-…
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency: In continuing efforts to put pressure on the Baha’i community by preventing them from carrying out economic activities, three Baha’is have been fired from their jobs…
Source: BIC UN Human Rights Council – 38th Session, June 2018 Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention GENEVA—27 June 2018 Mr. President, Today, we would like to speak about two countries…
Source: shahrvand-yar.com Translation by Iran Press Watch It may be hard to imagine such an act of apartheid: In an official letter to all real estate agents, the mayor of a city issued an order…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
Source: BahaiNews1 March 17, 2017 Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on a BahaiNews report, government agents have closed the business of Ehsanullah Shareghi, a Baha’i resident of the Gohardasht neighborhood of Karaj. Furthermore, they…
Source: Baha’i International Community Brussels—15 March 2017—Calling Iran’s efforts to oppress Baha’i businesses a form of “economic apartheid,” 13 members of the European Parliament and 19 MPs from seven national parliaments have signed a statement…
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to Baha’iNews, On March 9, 2017, a shop owned by two Baha’is was sealed and their business stock was confiscated by agents of the government. Based on…
Source: Manoto TV Translation by Iran Press Watch Manoto TV Journalist: This is a store belonging to a Baha’i citizen in Sari. His store has been sealed because he closed it on his religious holiday,…
