Religious minorities
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Special articles and reports
Testimony of Dobrina Bet Tamraz at the U.S. Department of State
Assyrian priest and human rights activist Dobrina Bet Tamraz at a roundtable discussion titled “Challenges to Religious Freedom in the Middle East”…
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Iran News
Pompeo: In Iran, not only religious minorities are persecuted, but anyone who supports them is persecuted
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said: "In Iran, not only religious minorities, but anyone who supports them,...
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Iran News
Iran's Yarsan Minority: Centuries of Living in Secrecy and Discrimination
Behnaz Hosseini, a researcher on immigration and religious minorities, wrote a note for the Observers page criticizing false beliefs about the Yarsan minority in…
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World events
Violence against religious minorities has increased around the world.
According to research by the Pew Research Center in Washington, violence and discrimination against religious minorities is increasing around the world…
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Iran News
Welfare retreat; ban on employing religious minorities in kindergartens amended
A day after protests against the ban on employing religious minorities in kindergartens, Iranian media reported that the ban…
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Iran News
Sam Brownback: The Iranian regime has the most heinous record of persecuting religious minorities
The US Ambassador for Religious Freedom told VOA: Iran is among the countries involved in the persecution of minorities…
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Religions and sects
US criticizes violation of religious minority rights in Iran
The US Vice President on Thursday, referring to the Islamic Republic's violation of the rights of religious minorities, called on the people of Iran...
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Special articles and reports
Religious minorities oppressed in Iran's elections
While the Islamic Consultative Assembly is responsible for overseeing city council elections and determining the qualifications of its candidates, Ahmad…
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