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Freezing bank accounts

Confiscation of personal and business assets and properties

Fathollah Ferdowsi

Khosrow Mohandesi

Ataollah Yavari

Shidrokh Amir-Kiya (Bagha)

Manouchehr Bagha

Nejatollah Aminian

Amanollah Zaerpour

Javad Mohammad Nasrabadi

15 December 1981

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09 February 1981

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Germaine Landoy-Hakim protests to Public Prosecutor of Tehran about the murder of her husband Dr Manouchehr Hakim

09 February 1981

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09 February 1981

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09 February 1981

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09 February 1981

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09 February 1981

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15 January 1981

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14 January 1981

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Confiscation of Ruhollah Rahimi's assets

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28 August 1980

Etelaat newspaper: plot of land in Salmas belonging to Baha'is handed over to Department of Education

26 August 1980

Confiscation of 16,000 tiles belonging to a Baha’i

21 July 1980

Possessions of two Baha'i sisters set on fire

06 July 1980

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08 June 1980

Sobh-e Azadegan newspaper: Activities against Baha’i employees of Zamzam factory

05 May 1980

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17 April 1980

Confiscation of Ali Ghods Jourabchi’s assets

09 April 1980

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15 March 1980

A-Sheikh Hasan Bohrani allowed to confiscate Baha’i houses

12 March 1980

Public Prosecutor orders confiscation of assets of 209 people

10 March 1980

Balance of debts to be submitted to Omana company

21 February 1980

Confiscation of rental income of a Baha'i for use in distribution of Islamic pamphlets.

09 February 1980

Ettelaat newspaper: Confiscation of assets belonging to Baha’is

19 December 1979

Baha'i house set on fire

16 November 1979

Keys to the house confiscated in Sirjan to be handed over to Revolutionary Guards

01 November 1979

Opinion of Shari’a Judge regarding rental payment to a Baha'i

21 October 1979

Confiscation of possessions and those of family members

08 October 1979

Foundation for the Poor requests confiscation of Ataollah Eghrari's property

16 September 1979

Confiscation of property belonging to Omana Company

29 July 1979

Opinion of Shari’a Judge regarding rental payment forwarded

10 July 1979

Ayatollah Allameh Nouri: We look at Israel's embassy and the Haziratulghods (Baha'i Centre) in the same light

04 July 1979

"Nahib Azadi" (Cry of Freedom) Newspaper welcomes confiscation of Habib Sabet's assets but asks whether this is legal in Islam

28 June 1979

Letter from Omana Company to General Prosecutor: Protect Omana’s assets

28 June 1979

Letter from Omana Company to Minister of Justice: Protect Omana’s assets

23 June 1979

Ettelaat newspaper: Confiscation of assets is against Islam

21 June 1979

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13 June 1979

Inquiry into situation in Misaghieh Hospital, confiscated from Baha'is

06 June 1979

Diplomat newspaper: Baha’i center in Shiraz discovered

27 May 1979

Keyhan newspaper: The Haziratulghods (Baha'i Centre) in Shiraz seized

23 May 1979

Kayhan newspaper: 80 thousand square meters of property belonging to Baha’is confiscated

23 May 1979

Confiscation of the properties of Baha’is in Fars

23 May 1979

Keyhan newspaper: Revolutionary guards seized donated lands controlled by former governor of Fars and a group of Baha'is

22 May 1979

Ettelaat: Lands controlled by former governor of Fars and a group of Baha'is in Yazd were seized

22 May 1979

Ettelaat newspaper: 80 thousand square meters of property belonging to Baha’is confiscated

22 May 1979

Donya newspaper: Hojabr Yazdani’s shares in Saderat Bank

30 April 1979

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Evacuation order for property owned by Ahmad Bashiri

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