Status: implemented
Year:
Country: Iran
Recommended To: U.S. Congress
Source: 2020 Annual Report
Recommendation:Reauthorize and ensure implementation of the Lautenberg Amendment, which aids persecuted Iranian religious minorities seeking refugee…
Status: not_implemented
Year:
Country: Iran
Recommended To: State Department
Source: 2021 Annual Report
Recommendation:Redesignate Iran as a “country of particular concern,” or CPC, for engaging in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of…
Status: not_implemented
Year:
Country: Iran
Recommended To: State Department
Source: 2021 Annual Report
Recommendation:Continue to impose targeted sanctions on Iranian government agencies and officials responsible for severe violations of…
Status: not_implemented
Year:
Country: Iran
Recommended To: State Department; White House
Source: 2021 Annual Report
Recommendation:Raise religious freedom and other human rights abuses in any discussions with Iran’s government regarding U.S. re-…
Status: not_implemented
Year:
Country: Iran
Recommended To: State Department; White House
Source: 2021 Annual Report
Recommendation:Work with members of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance to exert multilateral pressure on Iran…
Status: not_implemented
Year:
Country: Iran
Recommended To: State Department; White House
Source: 2021 Annual Report
Recommendation:Press for the release of all religious prisoners of conscience, including Youcef Nadarkhani and Golrokh Ebrahimi…
Status: not_implemented
Year:
Country: Iran
Recommended To: U.S. Congress
Source: 2021 Annual Report
Recommendation:Reauthorize and ensure implementation of the Lautenberg Amendment, which aids persecuted Iranian religious minorities seeking…
Aug 5, 2021
USCIRF Condemns Destruction of Baha’i Homes in Iran
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today strongly condemned the destruction of Baha’i homes in the town of…
Iran Country Update – This country update provides information about religious freedom conditions in Iran. It documents recent religious freedom violations against Baha’is, Christians, Sunnis, Sufis, and Yarsanis. The report notes two recent amendments…
Aug 6, 2021
USCIRF Releases New Report on Iran’s Escalation of Religious Repression
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new country update…