Islamic Republic of Iran

• Case Law 31

• Anti-terrorism law 1
• Appeal / Right to appeal 5
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 3
• Armed forces / Military 1
• Asylum policy 1
• Asylum-seekers 3
• Christian 4
• Combatants / Former combatants 1
• Complementary forms of protection 1
• Country of origin information (COI) 3
• Credibility assessment 8
• Crimes against humanity 1
• Criminal justice 2
• Death penalty 1
• Deportation / Forcible return 2
• Domestic violence 1
• EU Qualification Directive 1
• Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 9
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 6
• Freedom of expression 1
• Freedom of speech 1
• International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 1
• International protection 1
• Kurd 4
• Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
• Legal representation / Legal aid 2
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 5
• Mental health 3
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 12
• Persecution of family members 1
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 5
• Political groups 1
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 2
• Prosecution vs persecution 2
• Refoulement 1
• Rejected asylum-seekers 2
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 5
• Right to family life 2
• Right to justice 1
• SGBV 1
• Safe third country 1
• Single procedure 1
• Smuggling of persons 1
• Social group persecution 7
• Sur place persecution 1
• Terrorism 1
• Transgression of social / cultural norms 1
• Travel documents 1
• Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 1
• Unlawful departure 1
• War crimes 1
• Witnesses 2
• Women-at-risk 2

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• AlertNet - Iran
• American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Iran Tracker
• American Kurdish Information Network
• Amnesty International - Iran
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Iran (Islamic Rep of)
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Iran
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - Iran
• International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC in Iran
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - Iran
• Iran Human Rights Voice
• Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Islamic Republic of Iran
• Kurdish Media
• Kurdish Women's Action Against Honour Killing
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Persian2English
• RAHANA - Reporters and Human Rights Activists of Iran
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) - Iran
• ReliefWeb - Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• The Green Voice of Freedom
• The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
• UNHCR - Islamic Republic of Iran
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Iran, Islamic Republic of
• United States Department of State - Iran
• United States Department of State: Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS) and Issue Briefs
• Women's Learning Partnership - Claiming Equal Citizenship
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Iran
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Iran (Islamic Republic of)