Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – The petition by 22 Baha’i citizens in Urmia whose businesses have been shut down for over a year has been reviewed by the Superior Administrative…
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After a Year, Businesses of 22 Baha’is in Urmia Still Sealed
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRNA News Agency – The businesses of 22 Baha’is in Urmia that were sealed by officials of that city’s Office of Public Places in July and August of…
Sealing of Baha’i-Owned Businesses
Source: didgahenow.com Translation by Iran Press Watch Since the Islamic Revolution, systematic oppression of the Baha’i Community in Iran by the Islamic Regime has been ongoing, with economic oppression being one of the methods used…
At Least 11 Baha’i Businesses Sealed; 9 People Summoned
Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA Reporting – The businesses of at least eleven Baha’is in Urumiyeh have been closed by the government’s Office of Public Property. At the same time at least nine…
Baha’i Cemetery in Urumia Demolished Second Time
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report by “BahaiNews” dated October 1, 2016, the Baha’i cemetery in Urumia has been demolished for the second time, and trees there were set on…
Two Baha’i Businesses Sealed in Miandoab; Seals on Baha’i Owned Businesses Removed in Qaemshahr, Sari, and Urumieh
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch Based on a report from BahaiNews, the businesses of two Baha’i citizens in the city of Miandoab have been sealed. In addition, the seals on businesses of more…
Baha’is of Urmia and Sanandaj Pressured to Convert to Islam
Source: www.goldnews.biz Translation by Iran Press Watch According to a report from Gold News which refers to a story by Maf News, twenty-seven Baha’i businesses in the city of Urmia in Northwestern Iran, and six more…
Extensive Shut down of Businesses of Baha’is in Urmia
Source: BahaiNews1 Translation by Iran Press Watch “BahaiNews” has reported, quoting informed sources, that agents of the Public Places Office in the city of Urmia have shut-down more than 28 Baha’i-owned businesses. According to…
Two Baha’i Students Expelled from Urmia University
Source: bahaicamp.com Sara Panahi and Navid Moghaddam have been expelled from the Payam-e Nour University’s campus in Urmia because of their belief in the Baha’i Faith. Miss Panahi was in the fifth term of a degree…
Neda Farsatipour and Farahnaz Moqadam Begin Their Prison Sentences
Source: hra-news.org/en HRANA News Agency – On December 10, Mrs. Farahnaz Moghadam responded to a summons to the Revolutionary Court in Urumia and was taken to the city’s central prison to begin serving her three-year sentence.…
Former Prisoner of Iran-Iraq War Begins 3-Year Sentence
Source: hra-news.org/en Fardin Aghsani, a Baha’i from Urmia who was taken prisoner during the Iran-Iraq war, and held in Iraq for two and a half years, reported to the central prison in Urmia today to begin serving…
Soheila Aqdasi and Noushin Mithaqi Begin 6-Month Sentences
Source: hra-news.org/fa/religious-minorities/b-303 Translation by Sen’s daily at wp.me/pNMoJ-2aq On November 30th, agents from the Ministry of Intelligence arrested Noushin Misaghi and Soheila Aghdasi, Bahai women living in Urmia, in Iran’s Azerbaijan province, and took them to Urmia…
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