Iranian authorities have imposed a travel ban on several prominent religious activists, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.
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U.S. Religious-Freedom Report Singles Out Iran, Uzbekistan, China
RFE:RL – The United States has singled out Iran, Uzbekistan, and China as among the worst violators of religious rights — countries where it says abuses are “egregious, ongoing, and systematic.”
US keeps eight nations on religious freedom blacklist
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged governments Tuesday to do more to defend religious freedom as Washington released a report citing eight countries with troubling records on the issue.
Wife Raises Health Alarm Over Jailed Iranian Religious Scholar
The wife of a jailed Iranian religious scholar says she is shocked at his poor state of health after five weeks in prison, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.
Propaganda of radical religious men against Kavar Dervīshes
Based on the published announcements in Kavar province, attributed groups to Basij that are gathered to encounter to Gonābādī Dervīshes, on Friday 11 Shahrivar 1390 (2 September 2011), tomorrow, will hold a rally.
Religious dreams vs. harsh reality in Iran
In life, there is often a huge gap between blissful theory and reality. In our country, we can see examples of this everywhere – in talks about democracy while actually authorities brutally suppress free demonstrations of people, violate their rights and freedoms. Religious dogmatism has become the norm which has no escaping. But does […]
Iran sentences two Kurd men to six years of prison for links to religious groups
The Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced two Kurd men from Sardasht to prison.
Representatives of religious minorities call for unity facing a brutal regime in Iran
At the United Nations in Geneva, Südwind organised another side-event on human rights in Iran on the 9th of June 2011. Mrs Nazanin Ansari, London, highlighted the deplorable situation of Ayatollah Boroujerdi in jail and focused on the situation of secular Muslims in Iran.
The Catholic Academy in Berlin hosted on Tuesday, 7.06.2011 the conference “The religious minorities in Iran”.
Three representatives of religious groups in Iran talked on this subject in front of guests from the german parliament and other institutions. Mrs Mahin Mousapour represented New Christians, Prof. Dr. Ingo Hofmann spoke about the Bahai community and Dr. Azmayesh talked as an Islamologue and as the representative of the Nematollah Gonabadi Order outside […]