Politics & Government

Iranian Bakery Owners Allege Discrimination in Mystic

The owners say that police have been trying to intimidate them.

A local Mystic bakery has leveled charges against the town for discrimination because they are Iranian.

FoxCT reported that Mercedeh Pourmoghadam and Massoud Kalkhoran, owners of the Lighthouse Bakery, allege that the town police refused to arrest a tenant who had threatened them and have been parking cruisers near their business to intimidate them.

The news item said the owners filed complaints with the state Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and the Mystic Zoning Board of Appeals.

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