Home Country Guidance: Iran 6. Internal protection alternative Table of contents Table of Contents Introduction Guidance note Common analysis 1. General situation in Iran 2. Actors of persecution or serious harm 2.1. The Iranian authorities 2.2. Other actors 3. Refugee status General remarks 3.1. Political dissent and opposition 3.1.1. Members and sympathisers of opposition parties and movements (perceived as) critical of the Iranian authorities 3.1.2. Protesters 3.1.3. Human rights defenders, activists, and lawyers 3.1.4. Journalists and other media workers (perceived as) critical of the Iranian authorities 3.2. Desertion from armed forces 3.3. Individuals perceived to have committed blasphemy and/or apostasy, including converts and atheists 3.4. Individuals perceived to have transgressed Islamic norms or laws 3.5. Ethnic minorities 3.5.1. Kurds, including Faili Kurds and Yarsan Kurds 3.5.2. Baluches 3.6. Religious minorities 3.6.1. Christians 3.6.2. Baha’is 3.7. Women and girls 3.8. Persons with diverse SOGIESC (also referred to as LGBTIQ persons) 4. Subsidiary protection 4.1. Article 15(a) QD/QR: death penalty or execution 4.2. Article 15(b) QD/QR: torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 4.2.1. Healthcare and socio-economic conditions 4.2.2. Arbitrary arrests, illegal detention and prison conditions 4.2.3. Corporal punishments 4.2.4. Criminal violence 4.3. Article 15(c) QD/QR: indiscriminate violence in situations of armed conflict 4.3.1. Reference period 4.3.2. Assessment of indiscriminate violence in Iran 5. Actors of protection 5.1. The State 5.2. Parties or organisations 6. Internal protection alternative Preliminary remarks 6.1. Part of the country 6.2. Safety 6.3. Travel and admittance 6.4. Reasonableness to settle 6.4.1. General situation 6.4.2. Individual circumstances 6.4.3. Conclusions on reasonableness 7. Exclusion 7.1. Exclusion based on the commission of international crimes 7.2. Exclusion based on the commission of a serious crime 7.3. Exclusion based on acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 7.4. Exclusion based on constituting a danger to the community or to the security of the Member State Abbreviations and glossary Country of origin information references Citation Please cite as: EUAA, '6. Internal protection alternative' in Country Guidance: Iran, January 2025. Copy Share Print COMMON ANALYSISLast update: January 2025 Article 8 QD | Article 8 QR The contents of this chapter include: Preliminary remarks 6.1. Part of the country 6.2. Safety 6.3. Travel and admittance 6.4. Reasonableness to settle 6.4.1. General situation 6.4.2. Individual circumstances 6.4.3. Conclusions on reasonableness Book traversal links for 6. Internal protection alternative Previous Parent Next
