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Religious Freedom

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 Taheri use an attorney approved by the judiciary. “Unfortunately, the ...

Two Iranian Officials Publicly Break Rank and Discuss Discriminatory Policies Against Baha’is

Two Iranian Officials Publicly Break Rank and Discuss Discriminatory Policies Against Baha’is

December 7, 2017

Iranian officials are beginning to broach the previously taboo topic of religious discrimination in Iran. On the same day, two government officials publicly discussed discriminatory policies against Baha’is, one of Iran’s most severely persecuted minority faiths. “Today we have students being illegally ...

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 election campaign promise that he would lift the ban. On November 30, ...

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 ...

Supreme Administrative Court Blocks Judicial-Parliamentary Agreement to Reinstate Zoroastrian City Council Member  

Supreme Administrative Court Blocks Judicial-Parliamentary Agreement to Reinstate Zoroastrian City Council Member  

November 15, 2017

The Supreme Administrative Court in Tehran has blocked an agreement by the speaker of Parliament and the head of the judiciary to reinstate Sepanta Niknam, a member of the Zoroastrian faith, to the Yazd City Council ...

83 Countries Vote to Pass UN Resolution Expressing “Serious Concern” over Human Rights in Iran

83 Countries Vote to Pass UN Resolution Expressing “Serious Concern” over Human Rights in Iran

November 14, 2017

In an overwhelming sign of international support for human rights in Iran, 83 countries approved a resolution by the UN Third Committee today criticizing the state of human rights in the Islamic Republic ...

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 Iran. Mohammad Kianoush-Rad, who represented the people of ...

Iran’s Rouhani Writes to Supreme Leader On Dispute Over Suspended Zoroastrian Council Member

Iran’s Rouhani Writes to Supreme Leader On Dispute Over Suspended Zoroastrian Council Member

November 6, 2017

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has condemned the recent suspension of a Zoroastrian member of a city council as “illegal” and asked the supreme leader to intervene in the growing dispute that has highlighted divisions within the state ...

After 10 Years in Prison, Faith Leader Fariba Kamalabadi Says Baha’is Hope to Serve Iran

After 10 Years in Prison, Faith Leader Fariba Kamalabadi Says Baha’is Hope to Serve Iran

November 5, 2017

In her first interview since being released from Evin Prison on October 31, 2017, Baha’i faith leader Fariba Kamalabadi said Baha’is “love” Iran and want to “serve” their country. “There have been a lot of reports about the rights that have been denied to Baha’is,” Kamalabadi told the Center for ...

Iranian State Officials Clash Over Allowing Religious Minorities in Local Elections

Iranian State Officials Clash Over Allowing Religious Minorities in Local Elections

November 3, 2017

Suspended Zoroastrian Councilman at Center of Debate The head of Iran’s judiciary has sided with proponents of banning religious minorities from local elections while the Rouhani government has reiterated their rights as citizens under the Constitution.  In his October 31 ...

Reformist Newspapers Criticize Guardian Council’s Decision to Ban Religious Minorities From Elections

Reformist Newspapers Criticize Guardian Council’s Decision to Ban Religious Minorities From Elections

October 30, 2017

A photograph of Sepanta Niknam, who was suspended from the Yazd City Council for being ...

UN Special Rapporteur: Despite “Encouraging Signs,” Human Rights Deteriorating in Iran

UN Special Rapporteur: Despite “Encouraging Signs,” Human Rights Deteriorating in Iran

October 26, 2017

Asma Jahangir, the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In presenting her semi-annual 2017 report on Iran to the United Nations General Assembly, UN Special Rapporteur Asma Jahangir noted positive developments in the ...

Iran’s Expediency Council to Decide Whether Religious Minorities Can Run in Elections

Iran’s Expediency Council to Decide Whether Religious Minorities Can Run in Elections

October 19, 2017

Yazd city councilman Sepanta Niknam holds up a book called Ghathas, the 17 Avestan hymns of the Zoroastrian religion, during a council ...

“Suspended” Zoroastrian Member of Yazd City Council Facing Uncertain Future

“Suspended” Zoroastrian Member of Yazd City Council Facing Uncertain Future

October 14, 2017

The head councilman of the city of Yazd, in southeastern Iran, has refused to carry out a court order suspending the membership of a fellow councilman who is a member of the minority Zoroastrian faith. “In my mind and in my religion, I ...

Exiled Members of Sufi Gonabadi Dervish Order Told to “Repent” or Serve Life in Prison

Exiled Members of Sufi Gonabadi Dervish Order Told to “Repent” or Serve Life in Prison

October 5, 2017

The sentences of a lifetime in exile issued against Mohammad Ali Shamshirzan and Hamid Arayesh of the Sufi order in Iran known as Gonabadi Dervishes has been illegally changed to life in prison unless the two ...

Former Sunni MP: Rouhani Government Failing to Uphold Minority Rights Despite Supreme Leader’s Call

Former Sunni MP: Rouhani Government Failing to Uphold Minority Rights Despite Supreme Leader’s Call

September 29, 2017

The situation of Iran’s Sunni Muslims has not improved since Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei pointed out in a sermon that minorities are constitutionally protected from discrimination, a former Sunni member of Parliament told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). “The supreme ...

Freed Iranian Baha’i Leader Mahvash Sabet Describes Unjust Trial, Prison Conditions

Freed Iranian Baha’i Leader Mahvash Sabet Describes Unjust Trial, Prison Conditions

September 26, 2017

“We never betrayed our country and never will.” Mahvash Sabet, a leader of Iran’s persecuted Baha’i faith who was released from Evin Prison on September 18, 2017 after completing a 10-year sentence, said she was convicted of espionage charges despite non-existent evidence. “There were seven charges against us,” she told ...

Iranian Baha’i Students Offered University Enrollment in Exchange For Renouncing Their Faith

Iranian Baha’i Students Offered University Enrollment in Exchange For Renouncing Their Faith

September 25, 2017

Two members of the persecuted Baha’i faith in Iran have been offered university enrollment in exchange for renouncing their religion, according to information received by the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). According to the Baha’i-focused Payam News...

Baha’i Leader Released from Prison in Iran After 10 Years; Six Other Baha’i Leaders Remain Behind Bars  

Baha’i Leader Released from Prison in Iran After 10 Years; Six Other Baha’i Leaders Remain Behind Bars  

September 18, 2017

Mahvash Sabet Finally Free But State-led Persecution of Baha’i Community Continues September 18, 2017—The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) welcomes the release of the Baha’i leader, Mahvash Sabet, who was unjustly imprisoned in Iran for 10 years on the sole basis of her religion. CHRI calls ...

Rouhani’s Broken Promises

Rouhani’s Broken Promises

September 18, 2017

Iranian President Rouhani is scheduled to speak this week at the 2017 UNGA in New York, but he won't mention his Broken Promises....

In Letter to Judge, Iranian-American Demands Freedom for Himself and Wife

In Letter to Judge, Iranian-American Demands Freedom for Himself and Wife

August 29, 2017

Art Gallery Owners Karan Vafadari and Afarin Neyssari Held on Baseless Charges More Than One Year Without Trial Detained Iranian-American art dealer Karan Vafadari has written a letter from Evin Prison demanding that he and his wife be released for lack ...

Taheri’s Death Sentence Will Not Stand, Says Hopeful Lawyer

Taheri’s Death Sentence Will Not Stand, Says Hopeful Lawyer

August 28, 2017

The lawyer for imprisoned Iranian spiritual leader Mohammad Ali Taheri  is optimistic that the latest death sentence against his client will again be turned down upon appeal. The verdict, issued by Judge Mashallah Ahmadzadeh of Branch 26 of the ...

Christian Convert Released From Prison in Iran Slapped With Travel Ban

Christian Convert Released From Prison in Iran Slapped With Travel Ban

August 22, 2017

Zargaran Reports Being Given “Unnecessary” Anti-Psychotic Medication Maryam (Nasim) Naghash Zargaran, who was released from Evin Prison on August 1, 2017 after serving more than four years for allegedly engaging in Christian missionary activities, has been banned from leaving Iran for six months, she told the Center ...

Sunni Arabs Beaten and Arrested in Iran For Praying in Public

Sunni Arabs Beaten and Arrested in Iran For Praying in Public

August 17, 2017

Thirteen Sunni Arabs have been beaten by security and plainclothes agents and arrested for publicly praying in Ahvaz, the capital of Iran’s Khuzestan Province, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned.  The men, all between the ages of 20 and ...

Iranian Imprisoned Spiritual Leader Awaiting New Verdict While IRGC Arrests His Followers

Iranian Imprisoned Spiritual Leader Awaiting New Verdict While IRGC Arrests His Followers

August 11, 2017

Followers of imprisoned Iranian spiritual leader Mohammad Ali Taheri are being arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) while he awaits a verdict more than three weeks after he was retried for the charge of “corruption on earth.” ...

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