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Ethnic Discrimination

“You Know What Your Problem Is:” Young Man Expelled From Iranian University For His Baha’i Faith

“You Know What Your Problem Is:” Young Man Expelled From Iranian University For His Baha’i Faith

May 14, 2018

A young man has been expelled from the University of Gilan in northern Iran because of his Baha’i faith in another example of Iranian universities discriminating against students for their religious beliefs without consequences.   ...

Lawyer: Dervish Bus Driver Could be Executed in “3 or 4 Days” Despite Innocence Plea

Lawyer: Dervish Bus Driver Could be Executed in “3 or 4 Days” Despite Innocence Plea

May 11, 2018

Mohammad Salas, a Sufi bus driver convicted in Iran of running over three policemen in the capital city of Tehran, could be hanged in a “few days” despite ...

Iran’s Expediency Council Dragging Its Feet Over Fate of Religious Minority Candidates in Local Elections

Iran’s Expediency Council Dragging Its Feet Over Fate of Religious Minority Candidates in Local Elections

April 12, 2018

Six months have passed and the Iranian government has still not resolved the dispute over the suspension of a Yazd City Council member, Sepanta Niknam, ...

Hundreds Arrested as Anger Over State Discrimination Against Iranian Arabs Spills Into the Streets

Hundreds Arrested as Anger Over State Discrimination Against Iranian Arabs Spills Into the Streets

April 6, 2018

Ahvaz Friday Prayer Leader Calls For Apology From State TV Over Discriminatory Children’s Show At least 200 people were arrested after a week of demonstrations in Iran’s mainly Arab-populated Khuzestan Province. On April ...

Iran Cracks Down on Kurdish Activists After Anti-State Protests

Iran Cracks Down on Kurdish Activists After Anti-State Protests

March 29, 2018

At Least Two Activists Facing “National Security” Charges Iran’s cyber police, known as FATA, and the Intelligence Ministry have summoned rights activists in mainly Kurdish-populated provinces of the country and accused them of ...

Christian Property in Iran to Be Taken Over by Supreme Leader’s Organization

Christian Property in Iran to Be Taken Over by Supreme Leader’s Organization

March 29, 2018

Very few photographs exist online of Sharon Gardens, a large and valuable piece of real estate located in the Iranian city of Karaj that ...

Shiite Mystic Sentenced to Another Five Years Imprisonment in Iran

Shiite Mystic Sentenced to Another Five Years Imprisonment in Iran

March 8, 2018

Death Sentence Struck Down Twice by Supreme Court Mohammad Ali Taheri, the founder of a mystical Shiite spiritual group in Iran, has been sentenced to five years in prison ...

Iranians Debate Use of Violence Against Security Forces After Clashes With Sufi Gonabadis Leave Three Dead

Iranians Debate Use of Violence Against Security Forces After Clashes With Sufi Gonabadis Leave Three Dead

February 21, 2018

Clashes among members of a predominantly peaceful minority faith in Iran and security forces have resulted in a discussion on social media among Iranians about the use of violence ...

Follower of Sufi Order Expelled From Iranian University After Refusing to Sign Pledge

Follower of Sufi Order Expelled From Iranian University After Refusing to Sign Pledge

February 10, 2018

Sepideh Moradi Sarvestani Sepideh Moradi Sarvestani, a member of the Gonabadi Dervish Sufi order, was expelled from Tehran’s Tarbiat Modares University on February 3, 2018, for refusing to formally pledge not to engage ...

Thousands of Undocumented Iranians Denied Affordable Kerosene In Winter Months

Thousands of Undocumented Iranians Denied Affordable Kerosene In Winter Months

February 9, 2018

Tens of thousands of people living in poverty in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan Province are being denied heating oil in the cold winter months because they lack identification papers, the Center ...

Imprisoned Iranian-American Art Dealer Accuses IRGC of Judicial Interference

Imprisoned Iranian-American Art Dealer Accuses IRGC of Judicial Interference

February 6, 2018

Karan Vafadari: “I don’t think we will be justly ...

Hardline Judge Keeps Iranian-American and Wife in Jail by Imposing $27 Million Bail

Hardline Judge Keeps Iranian-American and Wife in Jail by Imposing $27 Million Bail

February 3, 2018

Family Meets Bail for Wife, but Judge Still Refuses to Release Her The judge presiding over the case of imprisoned Iranian-American gallery owners Karan Vafadari and his wife Afarin ...

Iranian-American Zoroastrian Denounces 27-Year “Unjust” Prison Sentence in Letter From Prison

Iranian-American Zoroastrian Denounces 27-Year “Unjust” Prison Sentence in Letter From Prison

January 30, 2018

Update: The couple's sentence was later reduced to 15 years for Karan Vafadari and 10 years for Afarin Nayssari. In a letter from Evin Prison obtained by the Center ...

Iranian Sunni Cleric Faces Travel Restrictions: “It All Comes Down to Intolerance”

Iranian Sunni Cleric Faces Travel Restrictions: “It All Comes Down to Intolerance”

January 29, 2018

Iranian Officials have imposed travel restrictions on one of the ...

Iranian Protesters’ Relatives Threatened With Arrest For Holding Sit-In at Evin Prison

Iranian Protesters’ Relatives Threatened With Arrest For Holding Sit-In at Evin Prison

January 5, 2018

“We will not go anywhere until we get some news about our kids.” The families of protesters detained during the anti-government protests that began in Iran on December 28, 2017, have been threatened with arrest for holding a sit-in at Evin Prison in Tehran. “Since the first night he was arrested, we have ...

Reformist MP Enquires About Students Detained in Iranian Protests

Reformist MP Enquires About Students Detained in Iranian Protests

January 5, 2018

Four Sufi Gonabadi Dervishes Detained Without Charge A member of the reformist women’s faction in Iran’s Parliament has publicly enquired about the condition of university students who were arrested since anti-state ...

Iranian-Jewish Worshippers Find Two Synagogues Ransacked and Vandalized in Shiraz

Iranian-Jewish Worshippers Find Two Synagogues Ransacked and Vandalized in Shiraz

December 28, 2017

Unidentified assailants attacked two synagogues in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz on December 24 and 25, 2017, and destroyed or desecrated religious items, according to Sam Kermanian, an adviser to the Los ...

Baha’is Still Misunderstood in Iran, Says Former Leader After Serving 10 Years in Prison

Baha’is Still Misunderstood in Iran, Says Former Leader After Serving 10 Years in Prison

December 21, 2017

Baha’i leader Behrouz Tavakkoli has spoken out about the Iranian government’s “misunderstandings” about his minority faith. Tavakkoli spoke to the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on December 15, 2017, 11 days after his release from Rajaee Shahr Prison where he served a 10-year-prison sentence for his religious beliefs. “Those ...

Judge Demands Political Prisoner Mohammad Ali Taheri Pick Lawyer from Judiciary’s List

Judge Demands Political Prisoner Mohammad Ali Taheri Pick Lawyer from Judiciary’s List

December 14, 2017

Judge Salavati Often Assigned to Issue Harsh Sentences in Political Cases The judge who will re-sentence imprisoned spiritual thinker Mohammad Ali Taheri for the charge of “corruption on earth” has demanded that ...

Baluchi Imprisoned For Brother’s Alleged Terrorist Links Hunger Strikes Against Repeated Beatings

Baluchi Imprisoned For Brother’s Alleged Terrorist Links Hunger Strikes Against Repeated Beatings

December 13, 2017

Mohammad Saber Malek-Raeisi, imprisoned in Iran for the last eight years solely because of his brother’s alleged links with a terrorist organization, has gone on hunger strike in Ardabil Central Prison ...

Reformist MPs Call on Science Ministry to Allow “Starred” Student Activists to Attend University

Reformist MPs Call on Science Ministry to Allow “Starred” Student Activists to Attend University

December 6, 2017

Students accused of engaging in peaceful activism continue to be banned from attending university in Iran despite President Hassan Rouhani’s ...

Intelligence Ministry Pressures Two Sunni Rouhani Campaign Managers to Halt Peaceful Advocacy Efforts

Intelligence Ministry Pressures Two Sunni Rouhani Campaign Managers to Halt Peaceful Advocacy Efforts

November 22, 2017

Within the course of the same week, two Sunni Muslim politicians were warned by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry to stop advocating for Sunni Muslims rights, especially the inclusion of Sunnis in the president’s cabinet ...

Intelligence Ministry “Invites” Rouhani Campaign Manager to Stop Advocating for Sunni Muslim Rights

Intelligence Ministry “Invites” Rouhani Campaign Manager to Stop Advocating for Sunni Muslim Rights

November 17, 2017

President Hassan Rouhani’s chief campaign manager in Iran’s Kurdistan Province was subjected to intimidation tactics while being questioned by Intelligence Ministry agents about his peaceful efforts to include Sunni Muslims in the government. A ...

Former MP: Preventing Religious Minorities From Running in Iran’s Local Elections Violates Constitutional Rights

Former MP: Preventing Religious Minorities From Running in Iran’s Local Elections Violates Constitutional Rights

November 14, 2017

Passing legislation to restrict the rights of religious minorities in Iran would violate their rights as equal citizens, a prominent reformist former legislator told the Center for Human Rights in ...

Three Baha’is Barred From University in Iran Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

Three Baha’is Barred From University in Iran Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

November 10, 2017

Three young Iranians who complained to state officials after being denied university education for being followers of the Baha’i faith have been sentenced to five years in prison each, the Center for Human ...

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