Iran-backed authorities shut down Sunni mosques nationwide on March 30, banning congregational prayers and threatening imams and worshippers with consequences.
“We knew this was coming, so we tried very hard to promote exceptions, particularly for Iranian religious minorities,” Mark Hetfield, the president of HIAS, said in an interview. An Iranian ...
Post-revolutionary Iran often is depicted as a society devoid and incapable of self-criticism that is dominated by a monolithic view of religion and politics. A revolutionary Islamic ideology is ...
About 100 people gathered in downtown Cornelius on Wednesday to celebrate an ancient tradition for the Persian New Year.
These Jews were among more than 13,000 applicants from other religious minorities in Iran, including Christians, Baha’is, Sabean-Mandaeans and Zoroastrians. Independent information on the status ...