; (7) directed by a 2007 letter from the Security Unit of the Public Place Supervision Office of the Islamic Republic of Iran to police commanders throughout the country, Iranian authorities continue to apply economic pressure against the Baha’i community, by banning them from specific professions and halting their entry to high earning businesses. ; and (8) Since 2013, there have been more than 803 incidents of violations of economic rights of the Baha’is, including arbitrary shop closures, unfair dismissals from employment and the actual or threatened revocation of business licenses. ; Whereas the Department of State’s International Religious Freedom Report for 2018, Iran section, provides, in part— (1) Non-Shia Muslims and those affiliated with a religion other than Islam, especially members of the Baha’i community, continued to face societal discrimination and harassment, and employers experienced social pressures not to hire Baha’is or to dismiss them from their private sector jobs. ; and (2) The law bars Baha’is from founding their own educational institutions. A Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology order requires universities to exclude Baha’is from access to higher education or expel them if their religious affiliation becomes known. ; Whereas, on March 13, 2019, the Department of State released the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018 and, in connection with Iran, the report provides, in part— (1) Iranian authorities barred Baha’i students from higher education , and in September 2018, denied enrollment to more than 50 Baha’i college applicants because of their religious affiliation; and (2) The country materially contributed to human rights abuses . . . in Yemen, through its support for Houthi rebels and directing authorities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen to harass and detain Baha’is because of their religious affiliation.