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Sep 16, 2022 · section 221(c) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (TRA) for certain senior officials of the Government of Iran identified under section 221(a)(1)(C) of the TRA in connection with the commission of serious human rights abuses against citizens of Iran or their family members. Section I. Religious Demography
Nov 16, 2023 · A U.S. News and World Report survey ranked Iran 83 out of 87 for religious freedom in 2022. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom included Iran in the list of Countries of Particular Concern in 2022.
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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.
May 13, 2021 · May 13, 2021. In 2020, Iran had a poor record on religious freedom, particularly for minorities, the State Department reported in its annual global survey of religious freedom. Non-Muslims faced “societal discrimination and harassment,” while Sunnis living in Kurdistan, Khuzestan and Sistan and Baluchistan provinces were victims of ...
Feb 21, 2024 · The number of Christians arrested in Iran jumped sharply in the last six months of 2023, according to a religious rights group, which called on the government to “immediately and...
Jan 7, 2023 · GAMAAN's polls, which surveyed tens of thousands of Iranians inside the country in mid-2020 and early 2022, linked this to a decline in religiosity, with the "overwhelming majority" of Iranians no longer praying five times a day or saying they believe in wearing the hijab.
Sep 12, 2023 · Sep 12, 2023. USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in Iran. Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom ( USCIRF) today released the following new report: Iran Country Update – This report provides an overview of religious freedom conditions in Iran in 2023.
