Country Guidance Note - Iran - Department of Immigration and ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................. 4
Refugees and asylum seekers ....................................................................................................... 5
Economic situation ....................................................................................................................... 5
Faili Kurds ................................................................................................................................... 6
2. FAILI KURDS IN IRAN ................................................................................................. 8
2.1 Claims .................................................................................................................................. 8
2.2 Country information ............................................................................................................. 8
Iraqi refugees and asylum seekers in Iran – location and economic conditions .......................... 8
Treatment of Iraqi refugees in Iran ............................................................................................ 10
Access to education, employment and healthcare ..................................................................... 10
Access to education ........................................................................................................... 11
Access to employment ....................................................................................................... 12
Access to healthcare .......................................................................................................... 12
Status of Faili Kurd refugees in Iran – residence and citizenship .............................................. 13
Faili Kurds in Iraq - Nationality ................................................................................................. 14
Faili Kurds in Iraq – reintegration and treatment ....................................................................... 15
2.3 Framework for assessing claims ........................................................................................ 16
3. RACE ......................................................................................................................... 20
3.1 Claims ................................................................................................................................ 20
3.2 Country information ........................................................................................................... 20
Treatment of ethnic minority groups ......................................................................................... 20
Kurds .................................................................................................................................. 21
Arabs .................................................................................................................................. 22
3.3 Framework for assessing claims ........................................................................................ 23
4. RELIGION .................................................................................................................. 25
4.1 Claims ................................................................................................................................ 25
4.2 Country Information .......................................................................................................... 25
Treatment of religious minorities ............................................................................................... 25
Sunni Muslims ........................................................................................................................... 25
Recognised Religious Minorities ............................................................................................... 26
Christians ................................................................................................................................... 26
Churches delivering services in Farsi and Christians engaged in proselytising ........................ 27
Converts to Christianity ............................................................................................................. 28
Penalties for apostasy ................................................................................................................. 29
Baha’is ....................................................................................................................................... 30
4.3 Framework for assessing claims ........................................................................................ 31
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