The persistence of the latent HIV−1 reservoir is a major obstacle to cure HIV−1 infection. HIV−1 integrates into the cellular genome and some targeted genomic loci are frequently detected in clonally expanded latently HIV−1 infected cells, for instance, the gene BTB domain and CNC homology 2 (BACH2) . We investigated HIV−1 promoter activity after integration into specific sites in BACH2 . The HIV−1−based vector LTatCL[M] contains two fluorophores: 1.) Cerulean, which reports the activity of the HIV−1 promoter, and 2.) mCherry driven by a constitutive promotor and flanked by genetic insulators. This vector was inserted into introns 2 and 5 of BACH2 of Jurkat T−cells via CRISPR/Cas9 technology in the same and convergent transcriptional orientation of BACH2 , and into the genomic safe harbour AAVS1. Single cell clones representing active (Cerulean+/mCherry+) and inactive (Cerulean−/mCherry+) HIV−1 promoters were characterized. Upon targeted integration of the 5.3 kb vector LTatCL[M] into BACH2 , active HIV−1 promoters were gradually silenced as reflected by decrease in Cerulean expression over a period of 162 days in culture. Silenced HIV−1 promoters could be reactivated by TNF−α and Romidepsin. This observation was independent of the targeted intron and the transcriptional orientation. BACH2 mRNA and protein expression was not impaired by mono−allelic integration of LTatCL[M]. Our results show that the HIV−1 promoter is silenced when integrated into BACH2 without impairing BACH2 mRNA and protein expression. This might contribute to HIV−1 persistence, enabling infected T−cells to complete differentiation into a memory phenotype, persist, and clonally expand over time.