On Friday the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released a country update highlighting Iran’s escalation of religious repression in 2021.
The report notes that the government of Iran “continued its egregious repression of religious minorities in the first half of 2021.”
Despite international calls to respect freedom of religious belief and other human rights, Iranian authorities continue to arrest religious minorities, harass others, and deny them advancement in higher education, the report says.
The report goes into detail about the treatment of Baha’is, Christians, Sunni Muslims, Sufi Muslims and Yarsanis.