Source: www.bbc.com Translation by Iran Press Watch According to reports, a court in Mazandaran province, citing a “fatwa from clerics” which stated that “property ownership by Baha’is is illegitimate,” ruled that the property of Sheia Taeed, a…
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Baha’i Citizen Shiva Khalili Sentenced to One Year in Prison
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – Shiva Khalili, a Baha’i citizen living in Babol, has been sentenced by the Revolutionary Court to one year in prison. According to the sentence, this…
Homes of Three Baha’i Families Destroyed in Northern Iran
Source: iranwire.com On Monday, August 3, the homes of at least three Baha’i families in northern Iran were torn down without warning by state forces. Police and municipal agents demolished the homes of the Sabetian, Derakhshan and Enayati families in…
Persecution Of Baha’i Citizens Intensifies In Iran’s Mazandaran Province
Source: iranintl.com Two human rights organizations announced that according to a classified document that they have acquired, the Islamic Republic officials have intensified their monitoring and restrictions over citizens of Baha’i faith in Iran’s northern province…
Land Confiscation and Mass Displacement of Baha’is in Iran
Source: opa.bahai.ca Two Iranian courts issued orders that declared ownership of lands by 27 Baha’is in the village of Ivel to be illegal. Recent rulings decided that all properties belonging to Baha’is in the village of…
Arrest of a Young Baha’i Couple in Qaemshahr
Source: iranwire.com Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a news release from IranWire, on Thursday, 23 January, a Baha’i couple living in Qaemshahr, Saman Shirvani and Faraneh Mansouri, who had been visiting friends,…
Recently Released Documents Reveal Institutional Restrictions on Bahai Businesses in Sari
Source: Alliance for Rights of All Minorities-ARAM This document which appears on the letterhead of Mazandaran province and government of Sari is signed by Esmail Hosseinzadeh, a county supervisor. It states that all directing offices responsible…
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…
Baha’i Shops Remain Sealed since November 2016 in Mazandaran, Despite Court Ruling in their Favor
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch According to HRANA (Human Rights Activist News Agency in Iran), more than 96 Baha’i-owned shops in Mazandaran Province remain sealed, since a series of forced closures by police and…
Mazandaran: At Least 90 Baha’i Businesses Still Closed
Source: www.humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch 4 August, 2017 At least 90 Baha’i businesses in Mazandaran have been closed and sealed for more than ten months; officials refuse to offer any answers about removing the…
Extensive Distribution of Anti-Baha’i Pamphlets in Mazandaran Province
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – In a concerted effort to spread false information and incite hatred and violence against members of the Baha’i Faith, the Headquarter of Coordination and Monitoring of Mosques…
Non-Baha’i Shopkeepers in Noshahr Call for the Reopening of Baha’i Shops
Source: www.radiozamaneh.com May 12, 2017 Translation by Iran Press Watch A group of Noshahr shopkeepers, in protest to the closure of Baha’i businesses in this city, have written to the governor of Noshahr demanding the reversal…
Forced Closure of Baha’i-owned Businesses in Mazandaran: No One Takes Responsibility After Four Months
Source: www.iranwire.com By Kian Sabeti Translation by Iran Press Watch More than one hundred and twenty days after of the closure of dozens of businesses of Baha’is in Mazandaran province, provincial officials have shown no indication…
Contradictory Statements by the Attorney General of Mazandaran Province Regarding the Forced Closure of Baha’i Businesses
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA – Despite the passage of more than three months since the widespread closure of Baha’i businesses and shops in Mazandaran province, the provincial Attorney General, who is the…
Plot to Destroy Baha’i Homes in Roshankooh in Mazandaran
Source: www.hra-news.org February 22, 2017 Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA- The majority of the residents of the village of Roshankooh in the province of Mazandaran are Baha’is. This fact has been the cause of discrimination…
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,…
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