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Shabnam Tebianian
Additional Name(s): Shabnam Tebyanyan, شبنم تبیانیان Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í Reports…
Iran Country Update
This report provides an overview of religious freedom conditions in Iran in 2023. It enumerates various forms of repression that Iran’s government has used to target religious minorities and those whose views differ from the government’s religiously-…
USCIRF Releases Report on Religious Freedom in Iran
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…
USCIRF Releases Updated Blasphemy Factsheet and Blasphemy Law Compendium
Sep 14, 2023 USCIRF Releases Updated Blasphemy Factsheet and Blasphemy Law Compendium Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released two new reports: Legislation Factsheet on Blasphemy – This…
USCIRF Calls Attention to Iran’s Brutal Violence and Mass Arrests on One-Year Anniversary of Mahsa Zhina Amini’s Killing
Sep 15, 2023 USCIRF Calls Attention to Iran’s Brutal Violence and Mass Arrests on One-Year Anniversary of Mahsa Zhina Amini’s Killing Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) marks the one-year anniversary…
Anooshavan Avedian
Additional Name(s): انوشاوان آودیان Gender: Male Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant Reports of…
Sina Shahri
Additional Name(s): سینا شهری Gender: Male Current Location: Tabliz Prison, Tabliz Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Bahá`í…
25th Anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act
In October 1998, the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) elevated freedom of religion or belief as a U.S. foreign policy priority. This landmark law mandates that U.S. policy include condemning violations of religious freedom abroad and assisting…
Nasrin Soutudeh
Gender: Female Perpetrator: Iran Religion or Belief: Unspecified Reports of Torture: Yes Reports of Medical Neglect…
USCIRF Condemns Iran’s Religious Persecution of Baha’is
Nov 15, 2023 USCIRF Condemns Iran’s Religious Persecution of Baha’is Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns the Iranian government’s recent spate of arrests of Baha’is across the country. Since…