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A brief review of the summary of
reports of a number of NGOs in the
second round of the UPR on Iran
The UPR Brings an apportunity to NGOs so that they can
Present Views regarding their activities in the form of Human
Rights reports. below is a Brief narrativ of the reports of a
Number of NGOs in the Second raund of the UPR on IRAN:
Armageddon Cultural Institute
This report studies the situation of
religious minorities in Iran and the
subject of dialogue among civilizations
and religions. Through its researches
this Institute has reached the conclusion
that the subject of religious minorities
in Iran is not an issue and only officially
recognised religions such as Judaism,
Zoroastrianism and Christianity have
certain rights in Iran as religious
minorities. The overall conclusion
of this research is that despite all the
efforts taken place in Iran, the social
and civil participation of religious
minorities has dropped in comparison
with the past, and this is while the
population of religious minorities has
seen a growth. Also despite the initial
recommendations given regarding
dialogue among civilizations from Iran,
due to a number of problems, within the
organizational structure, this proposal
has not been able to achieve the results
that it should have.
. This report deals with the existing
challenges and problems and ultimately
recommendations for the removal
of problems and also answering the
recommendations from the first round
of the UPR on Iran:
- Increasing educational, propaganda
and
cultural
programmes
of
governmental, nongovernmental and
people’s manpower regarding religious
minorities.
- Request from the Iranian government