Annual Report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom 2014 - Iran Chapter

This chapter from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom’s 2014 Annual Report focuses on the status of religious freedom in Iran. According to this report, the government of Iran continues to engage in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom, including prolonged detention, torture, and executions based primarily or entirely upon the religion of the accused. Since 1999, the State Department has designated Iran as a “country of particular concern” or CPC, under the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA). USCIRF again recommends in 2014 that Iran be designated a CPC.