Islamic Republic of Iran

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• Adoption 1
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• Arabs 3
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 17
• Armed attacks on camps 2
• Armed forces / Military 61
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 57
• Asylum-migration nexus 1
• Asylum-seekers 6
• Azeri 9
• Baha'i 19
• Bail 7
• Baluchis 1
• Border conflict 14
• Border controls 2
• Border crossers 3
• Burden-sharing and international co-operation 1
• Ceasefire 1
• Children's rights 3
• Children-at-risk 2
• Christian 4
• Civil war 4
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 18
• Corruption 8
• Crimes against humanity 2
• Criminal justice 71
• Death in custody 14
• Death penalty 109
• Deportation / Forcible return 13
• Disappeared persons 6
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 2
• Drug trafficking 15
• Elections 80
• Embargo 1
• Exiles 19
• Expulsion 4
• Extradition 3
• Extrajudicial executions 1
• False documents 1
• Flight by land, air or sea 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 12
• Freedom of assembly and association 14
• Freedom of conscience 2
• Freedom of expression 155
• Freedom of information 48
• Freedom of movement 10
• Freedom of religion 26
• Freedom of speech 9
• Gender discrimination 9
• Gender-based persecution 2
• Genocide 1
• HIV and AIDS 4
• Honour killings 1
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 1
• Human rights activists 71
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 10
• Human rights monitors 18
• Humanitarian assistance 2
• Illegal entry 2
• Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 2
• Immigration Detention 2
• Independence of judiciary 1
• Internal armed conflict 14
• International armed conflict 1
• Involuntary repatriation 1
• Iranians 5
• Jew 7
• Juvenile justice system 22
• Kosovar 1
• Kurd 29
• Legal representation / Legal aid 1
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 2
• Location of camps 1
• Malays 1
• Migrants 3
• Military operations 41
• Minorities 13
• Multiple nationality 1
• Muslim 14
• National security / Public order 1
• Opposition 124
• Palestinian 1
• Peace process 11
• Persecution based on political opinion 6
• Persecution of family members 10
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 1
• Police 3
• Political parties 8
• Political situation 5
• Polygamy 2
• Pre-trial detention 2
• Prison or detention conditions 21
• Prisoners of war 1
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 16
• Public health 4
• Referendum 2
• Refugee camps 11
• Refugees 11
• Religious discrimination 8
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 15
• Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
• Resettlement 1
• Return conditions 1
• Returnees 1
• Right to education 6
• Right to employment 8
• Right to food 1
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 6
• SGBV 7
• Sanctions 46
• Security forces 5
• Security situation 13
• Sexual and reproductive rights 2
• Shia 7
• Small arms 3
• Sufi 6
• Sunni 13
• Talysh 1
• Terrorism 37
• Threats / Intimidation 1
• Torture 9
• Unaccompanied / Separated children 1
• Visas 4
• Voluntary repatriation 1
• Withdrawal of nationality 2
• Women's rights 41
• Women-at-risk 2

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• American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Iran Tracker
• American Kurdish Information Network
• Amnesty International - Iran
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Islamic Republic of Iran
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Iran
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - Iran
• International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC in Iran
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - Iran
• Iran Human Rights Voice
• Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Islamic Republic of Iran
• Kurdish Media
• Kurdish Women's Action Against Honour Killing
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Persian2English
• RAHANA - Reporters and Human Rights Activists of Iran
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) - Iran
• ReliefWeb - Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• The Green Voice of Freedom
• The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
• UNHCR - Islamic Republic of Iran
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Iran, Islamic Republic of
• United States Department of State - Iran
• United States Department of State: Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS) and Issue Briefs
• Women's Learning Partnership - Claiming Equal Citizenship
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Iran
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Iran (Islamic Republic of)