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“Since assuming office in 2013, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has not
delivered on his promises to improve conditions for religious minority
communities,” USCIRF Chair Katrina Lantos Swett said in a statement.
“In fact, the Iranian government
has imprisoned more than 350 people, including 150 Sunni Muslims, 100 Baha’is,
90 Christians and at least a dozen Sufi Muslims, for their beliefs.”
USCIRF’s scathing remarks hit Tehran prior to its appearance Thursday
before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Iran will announce
which, if any, of the UNHRC’s recommendations it will follow for improving its
human rights.
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