Question 10723 — foreign policy

Summary

Mrs. Marina Ferrari draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the situation of the Baha'is in Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the Baha'i community has not been recognized by the Iranian Constitution. Its members are subject to regular persecution and remain deprived of numerous rights such as freedom of religion, access to fundamental economic and social rights or access to higher education. In practice, Baha'is are expelled from public service and universities, cannot assemble and practice their worship and are subject to arbitrary arrests. Faced with this situation, on September 26, 2008, at the initiative of the French presidency of the European Union, a declaration on behalf of the European Union was adopted on the situation of people belonging to religious minorities in Iran. Furthermore, a letter, signed by the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs and his German and British counterparts, called on the Iranian government on September 24, 2020 to take urgent measures to address serious human rights violations. However, the persecution of members of this community, the largest non-Muslim religious minority in Iran, continues. She questions him about this situation and wants to know if France counts take action to put an end to it.

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