Case Law

Date of Hearing: 16-17 March 2004; Date Determination notified: 17/11/2004. This case was remitted to the Immigration Appeal Tribunal by the Court of Appeal: Shirazi v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2003] EWCA Civ 1562, 6 November 2003. 2. Insofar as related to non-ethnic Christians, this decision is replaced by the country guidance decision in PS (Christianity - risk) Iran CG [2020] UKUT 00046 (IAC).

17 November 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Appeal from a determination of a Special Adjudicator, dated 30 September 1999.

29 October 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Date of hearing: 21 May 2004.

13 July 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Date of hearing: 26 February 2004; Date determination notified: 8 July 2004. In what circumstances punishment of a soldier for refusing to plant anti-personnel landmines gives rise to a real risk of persecution.

8 July 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Prison or detention conditions | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

22 June 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

9 December 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Subsequently replaced by: SB (Risk on Return - Illegal Exit) Iran CG [2009] UKAIT 00053.

29 October 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on political opinion - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

17 October 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Death penalty - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

8 August 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Standard of proof | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

6 June 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Gender discrimination - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland