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…
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BIC Representative Delivers Statement on Situation of Baha’is in Iran at UN Human Rights Council
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-…
Three Young Baha’is Fired from Work in Shiraz
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…
UN Human Rights Council – 38th Session and the Economic Strangulation of Baha’is in Iran
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…
Baha’is in Sorkhroud Mazandaran Barred from Buying or Selling Land
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…
Shahindokht Molaverdi: There Have Been Written Communications Regarding the Forced Closure Baha’i-Owned Businesses
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…
Forced Closure of Baha’i-Owned Optical Shops, Despite Orders by the Ministry of Health
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…
42 Bahai Businesses in Rafsanjan and Kerman Remain Sealed After Two Years
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…
Shop of Two Baha’is Sealed in Karaj
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…
Interview with Baha’i Shopkeeper About Forced Closure of Her Store
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,…
UN General Assembly Rebukes Iran for Human Rights Record
Source: www.news.bahai.org NEW YORK — Today the international community firmly denounced a wide range of human rights violations in Iran. By a vote of 85 to 35 with 63 abstentions, the United Nations General Assembly approved…
Warning from Office of Public Places to Baha’i-owned businesses in Qorveh
Source: www.hadizareh.blogspot.com Thursday, 1 December 2016 Translation by Iran Press Watch In the past few days the business premises of seven Baha’i citizens residing in the city of Qorveh were given warnings by the Office of…
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…
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…
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,…
Iran: Open Letter Calls on Tehran to Stop Persecuting Baha’i Businesses
Source: www.ibtimes.co.uk By Brendan Cole With economic links between the West and Iran expected to become stronger in coming years, more than 50 business leaders and economists have signed a letter to the Islamic republic’s supreme leader…
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