Twelve business units belonging to Baha'i citizens in Sari and Shahrekord were sealed off.
On Saturday, May 29, twelve business units belonging to Baha'i citizens in the cities of Sari and Shahrekord were sealed by officials from the Property Management Department. The sealing of these citizens' businesses was done under the pretext of closing one of the Baha'i holidays.
According to HRANA News Agency, the news agency of the Human Rights Activists in Iran, on Saturday, May 29, 1402, twelve trade unions belonging to eighteen Baha'i citizens in the cities of Sari and Shahrekord were sealed.
The identities of these eighteen citizens, Kourosh Moradi and Mansour Rouhani, who own a carpentry unit in Sari, Masih Moqen, Mehrdad Moqen, Amin Moqen, Meysam Moqen, Ramin Moqen, Shayan Ahmadi, Nabiollah Moqen, Tahmourth Ahmadi, Pouya Ahmadi, Shakib Alipour, Farzad Moqen, Parham Moqen, Peyman Moqen, Zia Moqen, Milad Moqen, and Mi'ad Moqen, who own radiator and exhaust repair, mechanical, and battery manufacturing units in Shahrekord, have been verified by HRANA.
An informed source, while stating that 18 Baha'i citizens were engaged in daily activities in these 12 trade units, told HRANA: "The places of business of these Baha'i citizens were sealed by the police command and officers of the Department of Places of Business due to the Eid al-Ridvan holiday."
The informed source added: “Some of these citizens in Shahrekord went to the city’s premises department to follow up on the sealing of their business units, which referred them to the intelligence department. There, they asked these Baha’i citizens for a written commitment stating that whenever they want to temporarily close their business, it must be with the coordination and permission of the relevant business unit, they must not cooperate with enemies, and they must not follow the authority of the Baha’i faith. However, none of the friends signed this commitment and they are still pursuing legal authorities to reopen their business.”
Baha'i citizens, based on their religious beliefs, close their businesses for nine days a year to perform religious rituals. However, despite the specific legal and citizenship rights of individuals in practicing their religious beliefs and managing their business premises, law enforcement and security agencies seal their businesses.
The attempt to seal the guild centers of Baha'i citizens, as in previous years, is being carried out while, according to Article 28, Section B of the Guild System Law, guild owners can close their guild for up to 15 days per year without notifying the union.
Source: HRANA
