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…
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At Least 54 Baha’i Shops Sealed in Last Few Weeks
Source: humanrightsiniran.org Translation by Iran Press Watch June 12, 2016 During three weeks in May 2016, the Office of Public Places in several Iranian cities has sealed at least 54 Baha’i shops in Sari, Urmia, Fereydunkenar,…
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…