The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI) have made public a report on discrimination against ethnic communities and religious minorities in Iran. The report highlights the severe discrimination faced by ethnic communities and religious minorities in every domain/area. “Religious minorities…face discrimination in addition to being victims of persecution,” said Karim Lahidji, vice-President of FIDH and President of LDDHI, “such as through arbitrary detention, extrajudicial executions, destruction of cemeteries and holy places. These persecutions not only target the Baha’is, a religious minority not recognised by the Iranian Constitution, but also target Christians, Sunni Muslims and Sufis and others. FIDH and LDDHI present in their report concrete recommendations to the attention of the Iranian authorities that include a major reform of the Constitution and Iranian legislation both of which are deeply discriminatory.
Religious minorities in Iran are victims of persecution and face discrimination
21 October 2010
http://www.fidh.org/Damning-report-on-an-ignored-issue-Discrimination