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      • In 2024, Iran was scored zero out of 4 for religious freedom by Freedom House. Christianity, Judaism and Zoroastrianism are officially recognized and protected, and have reserved seats in the Iranian parliament.
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  2. Aug 22, 2022 · Iran: UN experts alarmed by escalating religious persecution. 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.

  3. Feb 21, 2024 · Methodists. International. Report: Iran Arrested 166 Christians in 2023, Targeting Bible Distributors. Four watchdog groups unite to urge UK parliament to hold Tehran accountable for “faceless...

  4. In 2024, Iran was scored zero out of 4 for religious freedom by Freedom House. Christianity, Judaism and Zoroastrianism are officially recognized and protected, and have reserved seats in the Iranian parliament. Iran is home to the second largest Jewish community in the Muslim world and the Middle East.

  5. 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

  6. 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.

  7. May 13, 2021 · Iran continues to intimidate, harass, and arrest members of minority faith groups, including Baha’i, Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, Sunni and Sufi Muslims,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at the launch of the 2020 Report on International Religious Freedom.

  8. 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.

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