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Joint NGO Statement to Member States of the United Nations Human Rights Council
46th Session
Your Excellency,
We, the undersigned Iranian and international human rights organizations, call on your government to support the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran at the 46th session of the Human Rights Council. We also urge your government to use this opportunity to voice concern at the grave and systematic violations of human rights reported by the Special Rapporteur, and to call on Iranian authorities to put an end to the endemic impunity that surrounds these violations.
Iranian government orders teachers to identify children of persecuted Baha i minority
Baha is are the country’s biggest religious minority, but they are considered heretical by the Iranian regime
According to the UN there are about 350,000 Baha i in the Islamic Republic
Credit: AFP
The Iranian government is ordering teachers to identify children of the persecuted Baha i minority to convert them to Islam, leaked documents show.
The move forms part of a plan to intensify the monitoring and suppression of the Baha’i people, one of the most persecuted religious minorities in the world.
Local authorities in the city of Sari, in the northern province of Mazandaran, plan to “conduct strict controls” on Baha’i people and track “their operations”, according to a new directive given to officials.