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Sep 10, 2020 · Iran’s census claims that 99.5% of the population are Muslim, a figure that hides the state’s active hostility toward irreligiosity, conversion and unrecognised religious minorities.
Freedom of religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance in the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) is marked by Iranian culture, major religion and politics. The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran mandates that the official religion of Iran is Shia Islam and the Twelver Ja'fari school, and also mandates that other ...
May 5, 2022 · Muslims have no right to convert to Christianity under Iranian law, and those who do risk arrest and long prison sentences.
Feb 28, 2023 · According to the 2023 Report on “Violations to the rights of Christians in Iran” recently released by by Article18 along with other three Christian non-profit organizations, 2022 saw a significant increase in the number of Iranian Christians arrested and detained in the Islamic Republic.
This country update enumerates the Iranian government’s systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom over the past year, with a particular focus on its targeting of religious minorities and dissidents peacefully asserting their right to freedom of religion or belief.
Since 1999, Iran has been designated as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 for having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom. On December 2, the Secretary of State redesignated Iran as a CPC.
Aug 22, 2022 · GENEVA (22 August 2022) – UN experts* today called on Iranian authorities to stop persecution and harassment of religious minorities and end the use of religion to curtail the exercise of fundamental rights.
