Together with UN experts, we published two press releases on the treatment of religious minorities: Iran’s Christian (15 July) and Bahá’í (29 July) communities. 29 July : ohchr.org/en/press-releases/… 15 July: ohchr.org/en/press-releases/… At least 61 Bahá'ís and at least 79 Christians (the vast majority of them converts) are reportedly detained or imprisoned. The accounts reaching us are harrowing: incommunicado detention, torture to extract false confessions, some of it broadcast on State media. Among the Bahá'ís held are Payam Vali, Roya Sabet, Artin Ghazanfari, Shakila Ghasemi, Peyvand Naimi and Borna Naimi. Peyvand Naimi and Borna Naimi have reportedly endured mock executions to force confessions, and remain in detention in conditions that raise serious fears for their safety. Mohammad Nikbakht, a Christian convert, was reportedly arrested at home, beaten, and held incommunicado, leaving his family with no information. Earlier this month, St Peter's Evangelical Church in Tehran was seized and the 27 Armenian and Assyrian Christians who lived in its compound evicted. This is not happening in isolation. Over the past year, Bahá'ís have been increasingly scapegoated as alleged Israeli spies, and remain excluded from constitutional recognition. Christians — particularly converts — have faced home raids, confiscations, and being branded foreign agents. All of this while arrests intensify across Iran in the shadow of the war. The use of arbitrary detention and coercion against individuals from religious minority communities raises serious concerns under the right to freedom of religion or belief. As a State party to the ICCPR, Iran is bound to uphold the absolute prohibition of torture, and due process, and to protect the rights of minorities.