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Iran’s persecution of the Baha’i has been met by silence from Rouhani–and the world
By Ramin Ahmadi Reprinted from qz.com In all my years as an Iranian-American, I have never heard so much…
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Eleven Human Rights Organizations Condemn the Destruction of Sunni Place of Worship in Tehran
Eleven human rights organizations have condemned the destruction of a Sunni place of worship in Tehran in a statement and…
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Continued Uncertainty regarding the Fate of Mohammad Ali Taheri
(July 8, 2015)—In recent weeks rumors have abounded that Mohammad Ali Taheri, the leader of a spiritual movement known as…
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Iranian Writer Sentenced to Death for Apostasy
(June 20, 2015) – The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) has learned that Hesameddin Farzizadeh, a 23-year-old former nuclear…
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UN Secretary General’s February 2015 Report on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
A/HRC/28/26 Distr.: General 20 February 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-eighth session Agenda item 2 Annual report of the…
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Apostasy in the Islamic Republic of Iran
(July 30, 2014) – IHRDC’s latest 50-page report, Apostasy in the Islamic Republic of Iran, details the jurisprudential as well…
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Witness Statement of Davood Irani
In this Witness Statement, Davood Irani, a Christian convert who led a home church in Shiraz, describes the circumstances of…
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Special Rapporteur’s March 2014 report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN…
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UN Secretary General on the situation of human rights in Iran – 11 March 2014
A/HRC/25/75 Distr.: General 11 March 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-fifth session Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that…
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Special Rapporteur’s February 2013 report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN…
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