Islamic Republic of Iran

1951 Refugee Convention 2
Abduction 68
Abuse of psychiatry 3
Access to procedures 8
Access to water 11
Acts of persecution 1
Administrative law 1
Adoption 2
Ahmadis 7
Ahwazi 26
Airports 18
Alawi 4
Albanians 2
Albinism/Persons with Albinism 2
Aliens 1
Anti-terrorism law 15
Appeal / Right to appeal 4
Arabs 59
Arbitrary arrest and detention 317
Armed attacks on camps 27
Armed forces / Military 166
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 255
Armenian 17
Arrival 1
Assamese 1
Assemblies of God 2
Assyrians 7
Asylum policy 4
Asylum-migration nexus 8
Asylum-seekers 82
Atheist / Agnostic 1
Azeri 53
Baha'i 106
Bail 16
Bakhtiari 4
Baluchis 46
Baptist 4
Bedoon 2
Border conflict 43
Border controls 14
Border crossers 16
Buddhist 18
Burden-sharing and international co-operation 1
Catholic 4
Ceasefire 71
Chaldean 2
Chechen 12
Child labour 14
Child prostitution 6
Child soldiers 21
Children's rights 73
Children-at-risk 68
Chinese 1
Christian 123
Citizenship / Nationality law 1
Civil and political rights 30
Civil war 20
Civilian character of asylum 2
Combatants / Former combatants 7
Communal conflict / Social conflict 48
Conflict prevention 1
Conflict resolution 14
Conflict situation 14
Contemporary forms of slavery 4
Convention against Torture (CAT) 1
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 1
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 4
Convention refugee 2
Copts 1
Corruption 53
Country of origin information (COI) 3
Coup d'état 10
Crimean Tatars 3
Crimes against humanity 10
Criminal justice 270
Dalit 1
Death in custody 40
Death penalty 516
Demobilization / Disarmament 9
Democracy 17
Denial of refugee status 2
Deportation / Forcible return 68
Disappeared persons 46
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 88
Domestic violence 22
Drug trafficking 37
Druze 2
Economic, social and cultural rights 33
Effective protection 4
Effective remedy 12
Election law 3
Elections 297
Embargo 3
Emigrants 1
Entry / Exit 11
Entry into force 1
Equality before the law 4
Ethiopians 2
Ethnic cleansing 1
Evangelical 21
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
Exiles 50
Expulsion 19
Extradition 8
Extrajudicial executions 62
Extreme poverty 4
False documents 11
Falun Gong 1
Family law 3
Family reunification 4
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 26
Filipinos 1
Flight by land, air or sea 2
Forced labour 28
Forced marriage 25
Forced relocation 3
Foreign occupation 11
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 205
Freedom of assembly and association 282
Freedom of conscience 43
Freedom of expression 1,128
Freedom of information 742
Freedom of movement 69
Freedom of religion 219
Freedom of speech 536
Fulani 5
Gang related violence 2
Gender discrimination 76
Gender mainstreaming 1
Gender-based persecution 19
Generalized violence 2
Genocide 3
Good governance 43
Gross, systematic and large-scale 3
Group / Prima facie determination 2
HIV and AIDS 18
Harmful traditional practices 20
Hazara 1
Hijacking 3
Hindu 8
Hmong 2
Honour killings 26
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 23
Human Rights Council 29
Human rights activists 325
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 224
Human rights law 2
Human rights monitors 61
Humanitarian assistance 26
IDP camps 7
Illegal entry 8
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 6
Immigrants 6
Immigration Detention 28
Immunity 1
Impunity 42
Independence of judiciary 34
Indigenous persons 6
Integration 6
Internal armed conflict 99
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 15
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 42
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 6
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 2
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 3
International armed conflict 16
International courts and tribunals 11
International criminal law 3
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 12
International protection 4
Involuntary repatriation 5
Iranians 45
Japanese 1
Jehovah's Witness 1
Jew 49
Juvenile justice system 68
Kachin 4
Karen 1
Khmer 1
Kosovar 1
Kurd 242
Labour law 2
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 11
Laws relating to religion 4
Legal representation / Legal aid 11
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 106
Livelihoods 5
Location of camps 1
Malays 1
Mandate status 1
Maronite 2
Maternal and child health care 3
Memoranda of understanding (MOU) 2
Mennonite 1
Mental health 2
Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
Migrant rights 11
Migrants 52
Military courts 11
Military law 1
Military operations 107
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 85
Minorities 126
Minority rights 48
Montagnards 1
Mormon 1
Multiple nationality 3
Muslim 167
National security / Public order 18
Naturalization 5
Non-refoulement 5
Non-state agents of persecution 2
Nuer 2
Older persons 5
One-child policy / Family planning 2
Opposition 278
Palestinian 41
Passports 5
Peace agreements 38
Peace process 29
Peacekeeping 33
Pentecostal 2
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 33
Persecution based on nationality 1
Persecution based on political opinion 176
Persecution of family members 27
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 60
Persons of concern to UNHCR 5
Persons with disabilities 25
Piracy 1
Police 69
Political asylum 7
Political groups 62
Political parties 113
Political situation 334
Polygamy 7
Population transfers 2
Pre-trial detention 15
Prevention of discrimination 4
Prison or detention conditions 158
Prisoners of war 4
Property restitution 5
Prosecution vs persecution 5
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 12
Protection of camps 3
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 36
Protestant 17
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 123
Public health 38
Racial / Ethnic persecution 31
Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 3
Reception 3
Reconciliation 4
Referendum 16
Refoulement 17
Refugee / Asylum law 7
Refugee camps 47
Refugee identity documents 9
Refugee seamen 2
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 9
Refugee travel documents / CTDs 5
Refugees 209
Registration 8
Reintegration 5
Rejected asylum-seekers 12
Rejection at border 4
Religious discrimination 117
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 124
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 4
Reservation 1
Resettlement 11
Residence permits / Residency 14
Return conditions 22
Returnees 42
Right to a nationality 17
Right to education 47
Right to employment 32
Right to family life 2
Right to food 4
Right to health 18
Right to justice 14
Right to leave 7
Right to liberty and security 4
Right to life 7
Right to registration at birth 9
Right to return 4
Right to seek asylum 7
Right to self-determination 9
Rohingya (Arakanese) 13
Roma 9
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 88
SGBV 97
Sabean Mandean 18
Sabians 2
Safe country of origin 7
Safe third country 1
Salafi 7
Sale of children 3
Sami 1
Sanctions 135
Secondary movement 3
Security forces 139
Security situation 308
Sexual and reproductive rights 12
Sharia law 8
Shia 100
Single heads of household 3
Small arms 4
Smuggling of persons 15
Social group discrimination 25
Social group persecution 7
Somalis 4
Spontaneous return 2
State of emergency 17
State protection 12
Statelessness 5
Sufi 46
Sunni 95
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 5
Tajik 1
Talysh 1
Tamil 6
Tatars 3
Temporary admission 2
Temporary protection 2
Terrorism 267
Threats / Intimidation 11
Tibetan 9
Tiv 2
Torture 55
Trafficking in persons 60
Transgression of social / cultural norms 2
Transit 2
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 5
Travel documents 1
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 1
Tuareg 6
Turkmen 10
Turks 3
Uighur 30
Unaccompanied / Separated children 10
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 13
Unlawful departure 6
Urban refugees 3
Uzbek 1
Visas 48
Voluntary repatriation 30
War crimes 17
Well-founded fear of persecution 1
Widowed persons 1
Witchcraft 2
Withdrawal of nationality 2
Witnesses 2
Women's rights 217
Women-at-risk 69
Work permits 15
Yazīdī 9
Zoroastrian 68

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Iranian authorities neglect health of imprisoned journalists 27 September 2017 \| Publisher: Reporters Without Borders \| Document type: Country News
Iran: Backsliding on UN Free Expression Commitments 19 September 2017 \| Publisher: Article 19 \| Document type: Country Reports
Iran Sanctions 15 September 2017 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
Press freedom violations recounted in real time January 2017 14 September 2017 \| Publisher: Reporters Without Borders \| Document type: Country News
Press freedom violations recounted in real time January 2017 14 September 2017 \| Publisher: Reporters Without Borders \| Document type: Country News
Press freedom violations recounted in real time January 2017 12 September 2017 \| Publisher: Reporters Without Borders \| Document type: Country News
Containment and Strike: Iran's Drone Program 11 September 2017 \| Publisher: Jamestown Foundation \| Document type: Country News
Iran: Arrest of human rights defender seeking truth about disappeared family members 11 September 2017 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country News
How Iran tries to control news coverage by foreign-based journalists 6 September 2017 \| Publisher: Reporters Without Borders \| Document type: Country News
Iran: Campaign to stop destruction of mass grave of those killed in 1988 prison massacre 4 September 2017 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country News

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