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The Freedom Movement of Iran (FMI) or Liberation Movement of Iran (LMI; Persian: نهضت آزادی ايران, romanized: Nahżat-e āzādi-e Irān) is an Iranian pro-democracy political organization founded in 1961, by members describing themselves as "Muslims, Iranians, Constitutionalists and Mossadeghists". [7]
In Freedom House's 2013 press freedom survey, Iran was ranked "Not Free", [292] and among "The world’s eight worst-rated countries" (coming in 5th out of 196). [293] [294] According to the Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index for 2020, Iran ranked 173th out of 179 nations. "Iran has been one of the world’s most repressive ...
The Imperial State of Iran, the government of Iran during the Pahlavi dynasty, lasted from 1925 to 1979.The use of torture and abuse of prisoners varied at times during the Pahlavi reign, according to one history, [6] but both of two monarchs – Reza Shah Pahlavi and his son Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi – employed censorship, secret police, torture, and executions.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. This article is a list of freedom indices produced by several non-governmental organizations that publish and maintain assessments of the state of freedom in the world, according to their own various definitions of the term, and rank countries using various measures of freedom, including ...
The order is awarded by President of Iran. According to the Article 4 of the Regulations on the Awarding of Government Orders of Iran, the Order of Freedom is awarded to persons who hold one of the first order of General or Expertise awards and continue to be qualified to serve the sacred aims of the Islamic system. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Iran Freedom Support Act (Pub. L. 109–293 (text), 120 Stat. 1344, H.R. 6198, enacted September 30, 2006) is an Act of Congress that appropriated $10 million and directed the President of the United States to spend that money in support of "pro-democracy groups" opposed to the Iranian government. [1]
Freedom Movement of Iran politicians (4 C, 28 P) P. Publications of the Freedom Movement of Iran (3 P) Pages in category "Freedom Movement of Iran"
The constitution of Iran states that the country is an Islamic republic; it specifies Twelver Ja’afari Shia Islam as the official state religion. [1] In 2023, the country was scored zero out of 4 for religious freedom. [2] In the same year, it was ranked as the 8th most difficult place in the world to be a Christian. [3]