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"Mr President, two years have now passed since the Iranian primary school teacher, Farzad Kamangar, was murdered because he was a Kurd. A few months ago, Riaz Sobhani, a member of the Baha’i minority, was sentenced to four years in prison, because he has peacefully supported the Baha’i University in Iran.
Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirizadeh, who converted to Christianity, were arrested in 2009. They were charged with apostasy and proselytising a false religion.
Although apostasy is not a crime under Iranian law, judges can interpret Islamic law fairly freely. This has even resulted in death sentences. The Iranian authorities frequently say that minorities in the country have full rights. In fact, there are three recognised minorities in Iran: the Jews, the Christians and the Zarathustrians, but, for example, Arabs, Kurds, Muslim minorities, Azeris, Baluchis, Sufis, and so on, are not mentioned. The three recognised minorities have five seats in a Parliament of 190 Members, and they may practise their religious rituals. The government needs to understand that multiculturalism is a source of wealth and should be cultivated."@en1
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