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Tag: Sunnis in Iran
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Sunni Theologian to Iran Leader: Your Judiciary is Executing Sunnis More
The spiritual leader of the Sunni Muslims in Iran has written a letter to his Shiite counterpart, the Iranian Supreme Leader, expressing concerns over…
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Execution of Sunnis; Al-Qaeda Sunnis and Al-Qaeda Shias
The executions of Sunni Kurds triggered Ehsan Mehrabi, Iranian journalist based in Germany, to recall his year in prison following the 2009 election protests…
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Iran is not releasing the names of the Sunni Kurds executed
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has called upon the Iranian authorities to release the names of the Sunni Kurds executed in…
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Iranian Sunni cleric: execution of Sunnis will have negative consequences
Molavi Abdolhamid, the leader of the Baluchi Sunni minority in Zahedan province in Iran has raised his concern about the execution of 20 Sunni…
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UN Human Rights Commissioner condemns the executions of Sunni Kurds in Iran
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nation commissioner for human rights on 5 August condemned the execution of 20 Sunni Kurds in Rajai Shahr…
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30 Sunni prisoners on the death row transferred to an undisclosed location in Iran
Riot control guards have raided prison ward 4 associated with Sunni prisoners on death row in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj, Iran. The riot…
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Sunni cleric slams sudden demolition of Tehran prayer house
Senior Iranian Sunni cleric Mowlana Abdolhamid has written to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and President Hassan Rohani to protest the demolition of the…