Islamic Republic of Iran

Country Information 1
Legal Information 535

1951 Refugee Convention 1
Abduction 1
Access to procedures 4
Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 2
Acts of persecution 2
Administrative courts 2
Administrative law 2
Ahwazi 1
Airports 2
Anti-terrorism law 2
Appeal / Right to appeal 18
Arbitrary arrest and detention 59
Armed forces / Military 4
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 6
Armenian 1
Arrival 1
Assyrians 1
Asylum policy 4
Asylum-seekers 14
Azeri 1
Baha'i 4
Bail 1
Benefit of the doubt 2
Birth Certificates 1
Burden of proof 5
Burden-sharing and international co-operation 6
Catholic 2
Cessation clauses 11
Changes of circumstances in home country 6
Children's rights 6
Children-at-risk 2
Christian 60
Citizenship / Nationality law 1
Combatants / Former combatants 1
Complementary forms of protection 8
Constitutional law 1
Convention against Torture (CAT) 1
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 2
Convention refugee 4
Country of origin information (COI) 78
Credibility assessment 82
Crime prevention 1
Crimes against humanity 7
Criminal justice 23
Death penalty 8
Decision on admissibility 5
Denial of refugee status 31
Deportation / Forcible return 109
Derivative status 3
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 5
Domestic violence 10
Drug trafficking 3
EU Qualification Directive 2
Effective protection 2
Effective remedy 17
Elections 11
Evangelical 4
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 77
Exclusion clauses 15
Exhaustion of domestic remedies 4
Expulsion 27
Extradition 1
Extrajudicial executions 1
False documents 3
Family reunification 3
Forced marriage 2
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 77
Freedom of assembly and association 1
Freedom of expression 12
Freedom of religion 3
Freedom of speech 8
Fresh / New claim 9
Gender discrimination 4
Gender-based persecution 8
Grounds for persecution 2
Hazara 2
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 1
Human rights activists 2
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 2
Illegal entry 12
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 5
Immigrants 1
Immigration Detention 32
Immigration law 2
Inclusion clauses 1
Independence of judiciary 1
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 8
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 3
International armed conflict 2
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 4
International protection 2
Involuntary repatriation 1
Iranians 1
Jurisdiction 3
Kurd 19
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
Laws relating to religion 1
Legal representation / Legal aid 7
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 23
Mandate status 8
Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 2
Mental health 10
Military law 2
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 14
Mormon 2
Muslim 2
National security / Public order 2
Non-refoulement 23
Non-state agents of persecution 14
Opposition 7
Passports 25
Pentecostal 1
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 1
Persecution based on political opinion 145
Persecution of family members 18
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 18
Persons of concern to UNHCR 2
Political asylum 4
Political groups 4
Political parties 4
Political situation 1
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 6
Pre-trial detention 1
Prison or detention conditions 14
Proof of nationality 1
Prosecution vs persecution 18
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
Protestant 1
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 2
Public health 2
Racial / Ethnic persecution 9
Re-entry 4
Readmission 1
Reception 6
Refoulement 28
Refugee / Asylum law 2
Refugee seamen 1
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 18
Refugees 20
Refugees sur place 1
Regional instruments 9
Rejected asylum-seekers 15
Religious discrimination 3
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 81
Resettlement 3
Residence permits / Residency 6
Returnees 3
Right to education 4
Right to employment 2
Right to family life 14
Right to health 2
Right to justice 6
Right to liberty and security 15
Right to life 8
Right to seek asylum 1
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 16
Sabean Mandean 1
Safe country of origin 2
Safe third country 12
Secondary movement 1
Security forces 1
Security situation 2
Serious non-political crime 1
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 8
Sharia law 2
Shia 2
Single procedure 5
Smuggling of persons 3
Social group persecution 44
Standard of proof 7
State protection 7
Statelessness 3
Statelessness Determination Procedures 1
Sunni 1
Sur place persecution 16
Tamil 1
Terrorism 13
Torture 1
Transgression of social / cultural norms 11
Travel documents 6
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 4
UNHCR mandate 9
Unaccompanied / Separated children 4
Unlawful departure 19
Visas 17
War crimes 2
Well-founded fear of persecution 21
Witnesses 9
Women's rights 1
Women-at-risk 10
Zoroastrian 4

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SZSWB v Minister for Immigration & Anor 5 May 2014 \| Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Circuit Court \| Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection \| Countries: Australia - Iran, Islamic Republic of
ST and ET v. Secretary of State for the Home Department; and Secretary of State for the Home Department v. C1 and C2 28 February 2014 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) \| Topic(s): Mandate status - Persons of concern to UNHCR - Resettlement - Right to family life - UNHCR mandate \| Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Iraq - Syrian Arab Republic - Türkiye - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
I.A. v The Secretary of State for the Home Department 29 January 2014 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court \| Topic(s): Mandate status - Refugees - UNHCR mandate \| Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
F.G. v. Sweden (Fifth Section) 16 January 2014 \| Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights \| Topic(s): Human rights and fundamental freedoms - Persecution based on political opinion - Regional instruments - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) \| Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Sweden
Rahmanian Koushkaki v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland 19 December 2013 \| Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union \| Topic(s): Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants - Right to justice - Right to liberty and security - Visas \| Countries: Germany - Iran, Islamic Republic of
The Queen (on the application) of AA (Iran) v. Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) & Another 26 November 2013 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) \| Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Persecution of family members - Reception - Regional instruments - Unaccompanied / Separated children \| Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Bundesrepublik Deutschland v. Kaveh Puid 14 November 2013 \| Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union \| Topic(s): Regional instruments - Safe third country \| Countries: Germany - Greece - Iran, Islamic Republic of
AN (Afghanistan) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department 11 October 2013 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) \| Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Regional instruments - Right to education - Right to family life - Right to health \| Countries: Afghanistan - Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
C1, C2 and C3 v. Secretary of State for the Home Department 7 August 2013 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) \| Topic(s): Mandate status - Persons of concern to UNHCR - Resettlement - Right to family life - UNHCR mandate \| Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Türkiye - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
X v. Secretary of State for Security and Justice 31 July 2013 \| Judicial Body: Netherlands, The: Council of State (Raad van State) \| Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Netherlands

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