Dr. Andrew P.W. Bennett at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On January 27th, 2015. See this statement in context.

January 27th, 2015 / 12:25 p.m.

Ambassador, Office of Religious Freedom, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

I could certainly look into that issue for you. I'm not aware of significant numbers, or even smaller numbers, of Christians fleeing into Iran to escape the situation with ISIL in Iraq. But certainly Iran has one of the worst records in the world in terms of religious persecution, and certainly Christians suffer greatly, along with Baha'is and Zoroastrians and Shia Muslims who don't accept the Iranian regime's ideology.

I'm not aware of any significant groups, but I'm happy to look into that for the committee and for you, Mr. Schellenberger.

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