Last month, security agencies arrested nine Baha'i citizens in Tehran and seized "40 pharmacies and warehouses" owned by them. The government has also been ratcheting up pressure on various groups and political factions in an attempt to avoid a new wave of nationwide protests as the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini approaches on September 16. ![]() The move comes amid a surge in the summoning and detention of Baha'i members across Iran, where it is considered a heretical sect. He added that as a result of the operation, intelligence forces arrested two individuals identified as "prominent Baha'i coaches in Iran."ĭuring the closing of the educational centers in Babol, "several books and brochures related to Baha'i magazines" were confiscated, he said. Mohammad Sadegh Akbari, the chief justice of Mazandaran, said on September 10 that activities promoting the religion were carried out at two schools and several educational and sports centers by "employing Baha'i teachers and coaches." ![]() ![]() Iran's judiciary says it has closed down 12 schools and educational centers and made several arrests in the northern Iranian city of Babol on charges of “promoting the Baha'i faith,” the country's largest non-Muslim community.
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