[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…
Economic Strangulation
Agricultural land in Ivel village in Mazandaran belonging to Baha'is is donated to the Supreme Leader's office. Documents attached.
HARANA News, Thursday 20th Aban 1389 [11 Nov 2010] – In a letter written to [Ayatollah Ahmad] Jannati, Secretary General of the Guardian Council, by ten Muslim residents of Ivel village, reference is made to the…
Baha’i Citizen Loses His Business Permit
Baha’i Citizen Loses His Business Permit HRANA News Agency – In the city of Birjand Mr. Siavash Deimi lost his business permit on Monday 26 April when the government agents closed his appliance repair shop.…
Barring the reopening of an optician's shop
Nazar-Abad – Mrs. Zohreh Laghai, the owner of Misagh Optician, whose business was shut down in the month of Day, 1387 (Dec., 2008), along with four other optician’s shops owned by Baha’is in Nazar-Abad (near…
Forced Closure of Baha’i Businesses
As reported previously by Iran Press Watch (IPW1, IPW2 and IPW3), on July 8, 2009, around 4 pm in the afternoon, four agents of the Information office of the Ministry of Intelligence of the city of Sari, in…
Crops of Baha’i Farmer Set on Fire
Earlier today, the following news was reported by the online site of Human Rights Activists News Agency: Independent and reactionary elements have set on fire the harvest of a Baha’i. On August 20, 2009, the crops of Mirza Aqa…
Update on the Baha’is of Iran
The Persian page of Baha’i World News Service (BWNS) has provided several updates on Wednesday, July 23, 2009, which appear below in translation by Iran Press Watch. Shiraz: Temporary leave of two Baha’i youth prisoners…
Arson of a Baha’i Business in Semnan
The following was posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, by Human Rights Activists of Iran: Following a trend of attacks by unknown individuals on Baha’i-owned businesses in Semnan, another business was set on fire. A…
Two Historical Documents
Editor’s Note: In our continual effort to document the mistreatment of the Baha’is of Iran and the regime’s role in bringing about systematic discrimination against the Baha’is, two official documents by Iranian authorities relating to…
Closure of a Baha’i Business in Semnan
The following report was posted by Iran Press News on Monday, March 16, 2009, and is provided below in translation by Iran Press Watch: In a highly questionable legal act, the shop of a Baha’i…
Economic Strangulation of the Baha’i Community
The persecution suffered by the Baha’i community of Iran since the Islamic Revolution in 1979 has been well documented. The attack on Baha’i communal life has included destruction of their holy places, confiscation and often…
Fired from Work for Being Baha'i
Human Rights Activists of Iran has published the following letter of a Baha’i employed by Iran National Broadcasting Agency (which is a state-run public broadcasting and presently is known as Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting,…
A Business is closed Because the Owner is Baha'i
Translated by Ahang Rabbani Mr. Husayn Derakhshan had repeatedly visited Isfahan’s Trade Union for Interior Designs which grants permits for various construction works in hope of securing a license for his company “Derakhshan Interior Design”.…
Mehran Bandi: Imprisoned for Being Baha’i
[The Tehran-based prestigious organization “Human Rights Activists in Iran” just published an update on Mr. Mehran Bandi (http://hrairan.com/Archive_87/1110.html) on Sunday, 12 October 2008, which is offered below in translation. Previously on this site, the imprisonment…
Imprisoned for Being Baha'i
[The following report was filed on Friday, 3 October 2008, with online service, Iran-Emrooz: http://www.iran-emrooz.net/index.php?/news1/16743/ and is offered below in translation.] Summary Harassment and unbridled aggravation against Baha’i citizens continues in the central towns of…
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