{"id":9291,"date":"2010-11-19T07:07:25","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T07:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/9291-us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran"},"modified":"2023-01-13T17:45:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T16:45:52","slug":"us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"US Report criticizes abuses against religious minorities in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"state-dep-logo\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-36215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/state-dep-logo.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"US-SD\" width=\"150\" style=\"margin: 5px;float: left\" \/>NCRI \u2013 The latest US State Department report on religious freedoms has strongly criticized the Iranian regime\u2019s suppressive policies against religious minorities.<\/p>\n<p>The annual International Religious Freedom report points to the deteriorating situation of followers of various religions in Iran, adding, \u201cImprisonment, harassment, intimidation, and discrimination based on religious beliefs\u201d still continues by the regime.<\/p>\n<p>It added that almost all \u201cminorities suffered varying degrees of officially sanctioned discrimination, particularly in the areas of employment, education, and housing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians are recognized as religious minorities in Iran, in practice they face \u201csubstantial societal discrimination,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. government makes clear its strong objections to the government&#8217;s harsh and oppressive treatment of religious minorities &#8230; Every year since 1999, the U.S. Secretary of State has designated the country a &#8220;Country of Particular Concern&#8221; (CPC) under the International Religious Freedom Act for its particularly egregious violations of religious freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn February 2010 the United States and the European Union condemned ongoing human rights violations in Iran and called on the Iranian government to fulfill its international human rights obligations,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &ndash; The latest US State Department report on religious freedoms has strongly criticized the Iranian regime&rsquo;s suppressive policies against religious minorities. The annual International Religious Freedom report points to [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[175],"class_list":{"0":"post-9291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-human-rights","7":"tag-updated"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US Report criticizes abuses against religious minorities in Iran - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NCRI \u2013 The latest US State Department report on religious freedoms has strongly criticized the Iranian regime\u2019s suppressive policies against religious\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US Report criticizes abuses against religious minorities in Iran - NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NCRI \u2013 The latest US State Department report on religious freedoms has strongly criticized the Iranian regime\u2019s suppressive policies against religious\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-11-19T07:07:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-13T16:45:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/state-dep-logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"143\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"143\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff Writer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Staff Writer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/faa3f340b6b1d5b52c6f80fd31e3a318\"},\"headline\":\"US Report criticizes abuses against religious minorities in Iran\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-11-19T07:07:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-13T16:45:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":194,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2010\\\/11\\\/state-dep-logo.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"updated\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Iran Human Rights\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\\\/\",\"name\":\"US Report criticizes abuses against religious minorities in Iran - NCRI\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2010\\\/11\\\/state-dep-logo.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-11-19T07:07:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-13T16:45:52+00:00\",\"description\":\"NCRI \u2013 The latest US State Department report on religious freedoms has strongly criticized the Iranian regime\u2019s suppressive policies against religious\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2010\\\/11\\\/state-dep-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2010\\\/11\\\/state-dep-logo.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/human-rights\\\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"US Report criticizes abuses against religious minorities in Iran\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"NCRI\",\"description\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"alternateName\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"width\":402,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/iran_policy\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/faa3f340b6b1d5b52c6f80fd31e3a318\",\"name\":\"Staff Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c21de19190f725e92595482548338a79f86e108285678731010989a866684b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c21de19190f725e92595482548338a79f86e108285678731010989a866684b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c21de19190f725e92595482548338a79f86e108285678731010989a866684b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Staff Writer\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/modirncr\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"US Report criticizes abuses against religious minorities in Iran - NCRI","description":"NCRI \u2013 The latest US State Department report on religious freedoms has strongly criticized the Iranian regime\u2019s suppressive policies against religious","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"US Report criticizes abuses against religious minorities in Iran - NCRI","og_description":"NCRI \u2013 The latest US State Department report on religious freedoms has strongly criticized the Iranian regime\u2019s suppressive policies against religious","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2010-11-19T07:07:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-01-13T16:45:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":143,"height":143,"url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/state-dep-logo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Staff Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@iran_policy","twitter_site":"@iran_policy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Staff Writer","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\/"},"author":{"name":"Staff Writer","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/faa3f340b6b1d5b52c6f80fd31e3a318"},"headline":"US Report criticizes abuses against religious minorities in Iran","datePublished":"2010-11-19T07:07:25+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-13T16:45:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\/"},"wordCount":194,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/state-dep-logo.jpg","keywords":["updated"],"articleSection":["Iran Human Rights"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\/","name":"US Report criticizes abuses against religious minorities in Iran - NCRI","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/state-dep-logo.jpg","datePublished":"2010-11-19T07:07:25+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-13T16:45:52+00:00","description":"NCRI \u2013 The latest US State Department report on religious freedoms has strongly criticized the Iranian regime\u2019s suppressive policies against religious","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/state-dep-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/11\/state-dep-logo.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/us-report-criticizes-abuses-against-religious-minorities-in-iran\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"US Report criticizes abuses against religious minorities in Iran"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","name":"NCRI","description":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","alternateName":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","width":402,"height":100,"caption":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/faa3f340b6b1d5b52c6f80fd31e3a318","name":"Staff Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c21de19190f725e92595482548338a79f86e108285678731010989a866684b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c21de19190f725e92595482548338a79f86e108285678731010989a866684b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c21de19190f725e92595482548338a79f86e108285678731010989a866684b4f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Staff Writer"},"url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/author\/modirncr\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}