The world must stop to wonder when Iran will cease its war against its own people and their rights, including freedom and conscience of religion. The 1979 Revolution was intended to become a change against social injustices and for equal treatment, however more than 30 years later, the government remains as oppressive as ever. The constitution of Iran states that the official religion of Iran is Islam “and this principle will remain eternally immutable.” The constitution also officially recognises Christianity, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism.
Prior to the 1979 Revolution, there was much opposition against the Mohammed Reza Shah, the head of the country, and how he used the secret police to control the country. On January 16, 1979 the Shah left
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Judges currently revert to Islamic law in order to pass the death sentence to those who belong to a religious minority. The revolutionary atmosphere of 1979 was not conductive to like treatment of minority religions (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2014). In the revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini proclaimed social justice as the Revolutions main ambition, however, thirty years later, social justice continues be as elusive as ever. The constitution that emerged from the revolution states that all laws and regulations must be based on an official interpretation of Islamic …show more content…
However, in practice, the Iranian system of government is dominated by a small force of religious clerics. The government controls media outlets and the internet to monitor what information is being released about the conditions of the state. Encyclopaedia Britannica states that the publication of any non-Muslim sentiment is strictly forbidden, while Weinthal states that “individuals who visit a Christian website have a virus implanted on their computer.” This shows that the state is controlling the religious affairs of its citizens and is violating its constitution by not allowing freedom of religious expressed by its supposedly ‘protected’ religious