The Trump administration says it is horrified by reports of Iranian government persecution of religious minorities in the Islamist-ruled nation.

Speaking Tuesday at the U.S. State Department, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback said the “horrific” reports relate to what he called Iran's persecution of people who are not part of its Shiite majority and who do not practice religion as the government directs.

He made the comments as he presented the State Department's 2017 International Religious Freedom Report.

The annual report's section on Iran said its Islamist rulers continued to execute people on charges of “moharebeh” or “enmity against God,” including four prisoners in Alborz province in December and four men in Kerman province in September.

The U.S. report said Tehran also continued to harass, interrogate and arrest Baha'is, Christians, Sunni Muslims and other religious minorities and to use anti-Semitic and anti-Baha'i rhetoric in official statements.

The report said members of religious minorities – especially Baha'is – continued to face societal discrimination and harassment, with employers experiencing social pressures not to hire Baha'is or to dismiss them from their jobs.

川普行政当局对有关伊朗政府迫害宗教少数派的报道感到万分震惊。

美国的国际宗教自由无任所大使布朗贝克星期二在美国国务院说，令人震惊的报道显示，什叶派穆斯林占多数的伊朗迫害非什叶派穆斯林以及那些不信奉政府强加于他们的宗教信仰的人。

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