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Recommendation
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…
Recommendation
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…
Recommendation
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…
Recommendation
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-…
Recommendation
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…
Recommendation
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…
Recommendation
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…
Sivas Massacre and Turkey’s Persecution of the Alevi Community
Jul 2, 2021 On July 2, 1993 a mob set fire to the Madimak Hotel in Sivas, Turkey—where a group of prominent Alevi writers, poets, and thinkers had gathered. Reports show 37 people died in what became known as the Sivas (or…
USCIRF Condemns Destruction of Baha’i Homes in Iran
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
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…