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IRAN
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Islamic Republic of Iran
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
January 2004
Accessed Date:
9 November 2012
Source:
Iran. National Cartographic Center.
Accessed Date:
9 March 2020
Title:
Iran. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2018.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Transportation Map (24 November 2013)
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
24 November 2013
Accessed Date:
19 March 2014
Title:
Iran. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
5 March 2021
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Country Background Note: Iran. Version 6.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2019
Accessed Date:
9 March 2020
Title:
DFAT Country Information Report: Iran
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
14 April 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Medical and healthcare issues. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2019
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
'Maximum Pressure': US Economic Sanctions Harm Iranians' Right to Health
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
29 October 2019
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Iran. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
3 February 2021
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report — Iran
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Iran: The Iranian Welfare System
Source:
Norway. Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo.
Date of Document:
12 August 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
10 September 2019
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Iran. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
30 March 2021
Accessed Date:
13 April 2021
Title:
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
11 January 2021
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Report of the Secretary-General
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
17 January 2020
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Iran. Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Review of 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
18 February 2020
Accessed Date:
30 March 2021
Title:
Iran. World Report 2021: Events of 2020.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2021
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
July 2018
Accessed Date:
16 January 2019
Title:
Iran: Internal Politics and U.S. Policy and Options
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
9 December 2020
Accessed Date:
30 March 2021
Title:
Caught in a Web of Repression: Iran's Human Rights Defenders Under Attack
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
2 August 2017
Accessed Date:
25 January 2018
Title:
Iran. Freedom in the World 2021.
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Iran: Targeting of Dual Citizens, Foreigners
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
26 September 2018
Accessed Date:
16 January 2019
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Islamic Republic of Iran
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/34/IRN/1
Date of Document:
28 August 2019
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Compilation on the Islamic Republic of Iran
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/34/IRN/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
30 August 2019
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on the Islamic Republic of Iran
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/34/IRN/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
16 August 2019
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Indefensible: Iran's Systematic Criminalisation of Human Rights Defenders
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights; World Organisation Against Torture
Date of Document:
August 2019
Author:
Manon Cabaup et al.
Editor:
Bijan Baharan; Delphine Reculeau
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Trampling Humanity: Mass arrests, disappearances and torture since Iran's November 2019 protests
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
2 September 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Book 2: Concerning Nationality. Civil Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Source:
Islamic Republic of Iran
Accessed Date:
17 March 2015
Title:
Iranian citizenship law for children of foreign fathers approved
Date of Document:
4 June 2020
Author:
Reza Shirmohammadi
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Whether Iranians can retroactively obtain in Iran or abroad a medical certificate stating that they were treated at a particular hospital or medical clinic (2012-2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 March 2015
Accessed Date:
30 March 2015
Title:
The National Identity Card, including requirements and procedures to obtain the card within the country as well as from abroad; whether the card has replaced the shenasnameh; whether fraudulent cards exist (2012-September 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 September 2013
Accessed Date:
27 March 2014
Title:
Iran. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
The new format of the shenasnameh (birth certificate), including physical characteristics, security features, and period of validity; application procedures and requirements; whether citizens are required to replace their shenasnameh with the ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 January 2015
Accessed Date:
30 March 2015
Title:
The National Smart Card, including the issuing agency, the requirements to obtain the card, areas where the card is being issued, card format, information and uses; requirements to renew the National Identity Card before expiration ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 January 2015
Accessed Date:
30 March 2015
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: Iran
Code:
RSCAS/GLOBALCIT-CR 2020/13
Source:
Global Citizenship Observatory et al.
Date of Document:
September 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Requirements and procedures for a former Iranian citizen by birth, who renounced their citizenship, to reacquire Iranian citizenship, including circumstances that may bar someone from re-acquiring Iranian citizenship (2015-August 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 August 2017
Accessed Date:
29 January 2018
Title:
Statelessness in Iran: Country Position Paper
Source:
European Network on Statelessness; Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion
Date of Document:
November 2019
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Iran : mariage temporaire et renouvellement de la carte Amayesh d'une ressortissante irakienne
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
4 November 2019
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Student protests, including treatment of protestors by authorities (2013-January 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 January 2017
Accessed Date:
31 January 2017
Title:
Iran: Organization and Functioning of Political Parties
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
12 June 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Accessed Date:
30 March 2021
Title:
Treatment by the authorities of anti-government activists, including those returning from abroad; overseas monitoring capabilities of the government (2019–February 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 February 2021
Accessed Date:
12 March 2021
Title:
Gunning Them Down: State Violence against Protesters in Iran
Source:
Center for Human Rights in Iran
Date of Document:
May 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Timeline: Iran Protests. The Iran Primer.
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
11 January 2018
Accessed Date:
25 January 2018
Title:
Protests: Overview and Timeline. The Iran Primer.
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
18 December 2019
Accessed Date:
19 March 2020
Title:
Iran: mise en danger des personnes kurdes actives sur le plan politique
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
27 September 2018
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Iran: risques de persécution et de dénonciation des militants écologistes
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
26 March 2019
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
‘They shot our children': Killings of minors in Iran's 2019 November protests
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
4 March 2020
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Iranian Kurds: Consequences of political activities in Iran and KRI
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
February 2020
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Iran: No Justice for Bloody 2019 Crackdown
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
17 November 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Iran: Details of 304 deaths in crackdown on November 2019 protests
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
20 May 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Iran : Le Mouvement démocratique laïque iranien et le Parti démocratique laïque iranien
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
27 September 2019
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Iran : retour des personnes en lien avec les Moudjahiddines du peuple (OMPI)
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
20 July 2018
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Iran: November 2019 Protests
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
July 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Excluded from the Public Sphere: Freedom of Assembly and Association in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source:
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Date of Document:
3 March 2018
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Iran: Political Offenses Defined
Source:
United States. Law Library of Congress. Global Legal Monitor.
Date of Document:
9 February 2016
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Beyond the Veil: Discrimination against women in Iran
Source:
Minority Rights Groups International et al.
Date of Document:
16 September 2019
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Iran Human Rights Review: Women and Human Rights
Source:
Foreign Policy Centre
Date of Document:
October 2016
Editor:
Tahirih Danesh; Sanam Vakil
Accessed Date:
30 March 2021
Title:
Violence against Women and Honour-Related Violence in Iran
Source:
Finland. Finnish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
26 June 2015
Accessed Date:
11 January 2016
Title:
Dress codes, including enforcement (2016-February 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 February 2020
Accessed Date:
13 March 2020
Title:
Iran: Relations outside of marriage in Iran and marriages without the accept of the family
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.; Danish Refugee Council
Date of Document:
23 February 2018
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Islamic Republic of Iran. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
12 December 2019
Title:
The White Wednesdays campaign, including its creation, objectives and founding member(s); treatment of supporters by Iranian authorities (2016-February 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 March 2019
Accessed Date:
30 March 2020
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined third and fourth periodic reports of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
14 March 2016
Accessed Date:
21 December 2016
Title:
You Shall Procreate: Attacks on Women's Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Iran
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
11 March 2015
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
A Legal Study on Children's Rights and Iran's Laws
Source:
Persia Educational Foundation
Date of Document:
4 January 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Adulterers. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
October 2019
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Iran: Exit Procedures for Married Women
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
12 June 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Women – Early and forced marriage. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2021
Accessed Date:
30 March 2021
Title:
Iran : Les femmes et l'adultère
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 June 2016
Accessed Date:
20 December 2016
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Women fearing ‘honour'-based violence. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
30 March 2021
Title:
Iran. Legal Provisions on Gender Equality.
Source:
The Law Library of Congress
Date of Document:
February 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Iran: Child Protection Law Positive, but Insufficient
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 June 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Access to Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence in Iran
Source:
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Date of Document:
29 February 2020
Accessed Date:
30 March 2021
Title:
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights in Iran: Analysis from Religious, Social, Legal and Cultural Perspectives
Source:
Outright Action International
Date of Document:
6 July 2015
Author:
Mehrangiz Kar et al.
Accessed Date:
21 December 2016
Title:
Iran. State-Sponsored Homophobia 2019.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
March 2019
Author:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Breaking the Silence: Digital Media and the Struggle for LGBTQ Rights in Iran
Date of Document:
17 May 2018
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Human Rights Report: Being Lesbian in Iran
Source:
Outright Action International
Date of Document:
28 July 2016
Author:
Kevin Schumacher et al.
Editor:
Faraz Sanei et al.
Accessed Date:
21 December 2016
Title:
Human Rights Report: Being Transgender in Iran
Source:
Outright Action International
Date of Document:
28 July 2016
Author:
Kevin Schumacher et al.
Editor:
Faraz Sanei et al.
Accessed Date:
21 December 2016
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
June 2019
Accessed Date:
9 March 2020
Title:
Iran : La situation des minorités sexuelles et de genre
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
9 May 2019
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Iran. Trans Legal Mapping Report 2019: Recognition before the law.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
September 2020
Author:
Zhan Chiam et al.
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Iran: Tier 3. Trafficking in Persons Report 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
25 June 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Iran. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2020, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Iran. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Fear of punishment for crimes committed in other countries ('Double Jeopardy' or re-prosecution). Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2018
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Smugglers. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2019
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Al-Ashtar Brigades. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Jaysh al-Adl. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Kurdistan Workers' Party. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Military service, including recruitment age, length of service, reasons for exemption, the possibility of performing a replacement service and the treatment of people who refuse military service by authorities; whether there are sanctions agains...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 March 2014
Accessed Date:
30 March 2015
Title:
Iran: Recruitment of Iranian nationals to the war in Syria
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.; Danish Refugee Council
Date of Document:
February 2018
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Military service. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Turning a blind eye: Why the international community must no longer ignore torture in Iran
Source:
Freedom From Torture
Date of Document:
December 2017
Accessed Date:
25 January 2018
Title:
Flawed Reforms: Iran's New Code of Criminal Procedure
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
11 February 2016
Accessed Date:
22 December 2016
Title:
Codifying Repression: An Assessment of Iran's New Penal Code
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
28 August 2012
Editor:
Sarah Leah Whitson et al.
Accessed Date:
22 January 2013
Title:
Iran Human Rights Review: Due Process
Source:
Foreign Policy Centre
Date of Document:
February 2017
Editor:
Tahirih Danesh; Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam
Accessed Date:
30 March 2021
Title:
Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran 2019
Source:
Iran Human Rights; Together Against the Death Penalty
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Iran: Procedural and Legal Information about Arrest and Detention Procedures by Different Security Organs
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
12 June 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Court summonses and arrest warrants, including issuance procedures, methods of delivery, description of the documents and the information they contain; prevalence of fraudulent court documents
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 September 2014
Accessed Date:
30 March 2015
Title:
Islamic Penal Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran – Book Five
Source:
Islamic Republic of Iran
Accessed Date:
18 March 2015
Title:
Rights Disregarded: Prisons in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source:
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Date of Document:
18 March 2015
Accessed Date:
22 December 2016
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.; Danish Refugee Council
Date of Document:
February 2018
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Health Taken Hostage: Cruel Denial of Medical Care in Iran's Prisons
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
18 July 2016
Accessed Date:
22 December 2016
Title:
The Iranian Judiciary: A Complex and Dysfunctional System
Source:
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Date of Document:
12 October 2016
Accessed Date:
16 January 2019
Title:
Practicing Law in Iran: Risks and Challenges
Source:
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Date of Document:
3 November 2018
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Iran : accès aux documents relatifs à la procédure pénale
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
25 March 2019
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Court summonses and arrest warrants, including issuance procedures; description of the documents, including security features; whether copies can be obtained from outside the country or by a third party; prevalence of fraudulent court ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 March 2020
Accessed Date:
30 March 2020
Title:
The Revolutionary Court system, including procedures and documents issued by the courts (2017-March 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 March 2020
Accessed Date:
30 March 2020
Title:
English Translation of Books I & II of the New Islamic Penal Code
Source:
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Date of Document:
4 April 2014
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Amendments to the Islamic Republic of Iran's Code of Criminal Procedure — Part 1
Source:
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Date of Document:
7 August 2015
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Amendments to the Islamic Republic of Iran's Code of Criminal Procedure – Part 2
Source:
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Date of Document:
12 February 2016
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Iran 34th Session of the Working Group on the UPR: Death Penalty
Source:
Together Against the Death Penalty et al.
Date of Document:
November 2019
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Update: The Legal System and Research of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Date of Document:
April 2019
Author:
Omar Sial; Farah Khan
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
Iran : accès aux documents relatifs à la procédure pénale
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
25 March 2019
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
No one is spared: The widespread use of the death penalty in Iran
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights; League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran
Date of Document:
October 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
Title:
In the Name of Security: Human rights violations under Iran's national security laws
Source:
Minority Rights Group International; Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights
Date of Document:
June 2020
Accessed Date:
24 March 2021
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Iran's Revolutionary Guards
Source:
Council on Foreign Relations
Date of Document:
6 May 2019
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Actors of protection. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2019
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Iran : Les services de police (NAJA) et leur coopération avec les gardiens de la révolution
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
4 October 2018
Accessed Date:
25 March 2021
Title:
Restrictions on Freedom of Expression in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source:
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Date of Document:
25 March 2016
Accessed Date:
22 December 2016
Title:
Orwellian State: Islamic Republic of Iran's state media as a weapon of mass suppression
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights; Justice for Iran
Date of Document:
June 2020
Editor:
Éléonore Morel et al.
Accessed Date:
25 March 2021
Title:
Iran. Freedom on the Net 2020.
Editor:
Elisha Aaron et al.
Accessed Date:
25 March 2021
Title:
Tightening the net: The internet in the time of currency crisis
Date of Document:
October 2018
Accessed Date:
24 January 2019
Title:
Iran's Cyber Threat: Espionage, Sabotage, and Revenge
Source:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Date of Document:
4 January 2018
Author:
Collin Anderson; Karim Sadjadpour
Accessed Date:
30 March 2021
Title:
Guards at the Gate: The Expanding State Control Over the Internet in Iran
Source:
Center for Human Rights in Iran
Date of Document:
9 January 2018
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Iran : risques liés à la publication d'information « sensible » sur les réseaux sociaux
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
21 January 2019
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Iran: Tightening the Net 2020: After Blood and Shutdowns
Date of Document:
September 2020
Accessed Date:
25 March 2021
Title:
Iran. International Religious Freedom Report for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 June 2020
Accessed Date:
25 March 2021
Title:
Iran. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 2020 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2020
Accessed Date:
25 March 2021
Title:
Iran Policy Brief: Increased Persecution of Iran's Baha'i Community in 2019
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
October 2019
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Rights Denied: Violations against ethnic and religious minorities in Iran
Source:
Minority Rights Group International et al.
Date of Document:
13 March 2018
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Iran: The Situation of the Bahá'í Community
Source:
Norway. Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo.
Date of Document:
12 August 2016
Accessed Date:
25 January 2018
Title:
Situation and treatment of Erfan Keyhani [Erfan-e Keyhani, Erfan-e Halgheh, Erfan Halgheh, Erfan Halqeh, Erfan-e Halghe] practitioners and their family members by society and the authorities (2019–March 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 March 2021
Accessed Date:
12 March 2021
Title:
Teachings, interpretations and knowledge of Christianity among non-ethnic Christians.
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 March 2014
Accessed Date:
27 March 2014
Title:
Information about the Gonabadi dervishes, including their origin, history in Iran, leaders, ideology, practice; and the treatment of dervishes and their family members by society and authorities in Iran, including whether dervishes can practice thei...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 September 2014
Accessed Date:
30 March 2015
Title:
The Bahá'ís of Iran: A Persecuted Community
Source:
Baha'i International Community
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Iran: House Churches and Converts
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.; Danish Refugee Council
Date of Document:
February 2018
Accessed Date:
16 January 2019
Title:
Apostasy in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Source:
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Date of Document:
30 July 2014
Accessed Date:
12 January 2017
Title:
Iran: Freedom of Religion; Treatment of Religious and Ethnic Minorities. COI Compilation.
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
September 2015
Accessed Date:
12 January 2016
Title:
Iran: Capacity and Methods of Authorities to Monitor Online Activities and Religious Activities of Iranians Living Abroad
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
12 June 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Situation and treatment of atheists and irreligious people by society and authorities, particularly in Tehran; state protection available (2014-December 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 December 2015
Accessed Date:
25 January 2016
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Christians and Christian converts. Version 6.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2020
Accessed Date:
25 March 2021
Title:
Iran: The Yaresan
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
6 April 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Iran: Treatment of Atheists by State and non-State actors
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
12 June 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Iran: House Churches; Situation of Practising Christians; Treatment by Authorities of Christian Converts' Family Members
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
14 June 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.
Date of Document:
May 2019
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Iran: menaces pesant sur les personnes converties
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
7 June 2018
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Whether Vipassana is practiced in Iran; treatment of Vipassana practitioners by society and authorities (2016-September 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 September 2018
Accessed Date:
30 March 2020
Title:
Iran: Christian converts and house churches (1) – prevalence and conditions for religious practise
Source:
Norway. Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo.
Date of Document:
27 November 2017
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Iran: Christian converts and house churches (2) – arrests and prosecutions
Source:
Norway. Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre, Landinfo.
Date of Document:
29 November 2017
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Iran : Situation des derviches de l'ordre soufi Nematollahi Gonabadi
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
5 February 2019
Accessed Date:
25 March 2021
Title:
Iran : menaces pesant sur les personnes converties
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
7 June 2018
Accessed Date:
25 March 2021
Title:
Living Under Suppression: The Situation of Gonabadi Dervishes in Iran
Source:
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Date of Document:
November 2020
Accessed Date:
25 March 2021
Title:
Situation and treatment of Christians by society and the authorities (2017–February 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 March 2021
Accessed Date:
26 March 2021
Title:
Situation and treatment of Gonabadi dervishes and their family members by society and authorities, including whether dervishes can practice their faith in Iran (2018–February 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 March 2021
Accessed Date:
26 March 2021
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Kurds and Kurdish political groups. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Issues concerning persons of ethnic minorities, Kurds and Ahwazi Arabs
Source:
Denmark. Danish Immigration Service.; Danish Refugee Council
Date of Document:
February 2018
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Extreme Inequality: The Human Rights Situation of Iran's Baluch Minority
Source:
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
Date of Document:
10 July 2019
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Ahwazis and Ahwazi political groups. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
24 January 2019
Title:
Iran : mise en danger des personnes kurdes actives sur le plan politique
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
27 September 2018
Accessed Date:
25 March 2021
Title:
Iran : le statut légal des réfugié-e-s afghan-e-s
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
4 September 2018
Accessed Date:
25 March 2021
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Exit and entry procedures at airports and land borders, particularly at the Imam Khomeini International Airport; whether authorities alert border officials of individuals they are looking for; incidence of bribery of Iranian border officials ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 March 2020
Accessed Date:
30 March 2020
Title:
Treatment by Iranian authorities of failed refugee claimants and family members of persons who have left Iran and claimed refugee status (2017-February 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 March 2020
Accessed Date:
30 March 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Iran: Illegal Exit. Version 5.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2019
Accessed Date:
10 March 2020
Title:
COI Query Response. Iran: Release on temporary bail, court documents, exit from Iran.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
21 April 2020
Accessed Date:
25 March 2021
Title:
Iran: Treatment of returnees by their national authorities. COI Focus.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
30 March 2020
Accessed Date:
25 March 2021
Title:
Exit and entry procedures at airports and land borders, particularly at the Imam Khomeini International airport; whether authorities alert border officials of individuals they are looking for; incidence of bribery of Iranian border officials ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 October 2013
Accessed Date:
27 March 2014
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 March 2021:
Title:
Iran. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
11 March 2020
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/iran
Accessed Date:
19 March 2020
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