language in schools. 46 The reported state-imposed ban on Azeri-Turkish being taught in school would go some way in explaining such struggle. 47 The Ministry of Education has reportedly circulated reminders to teachers and school administrators that the use of Kurdish and Turkish languages inside public schools is forbidden.48 Furthermore, Kurdish language teachers have been facing harassment and persecution.49 Members of ethnic and religious minorities face discriminations to access employment in the public sector. Employment in the public sector is based on the practice of gozinesh, a mandatory screening process set forth in the Selection Law based on Religious and Ethical Standard of 1995.50 As described by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the process “involves investigations conducted by the Supreme Selection Council and the Ministry of Intelligence into the acceptability of an applicant’s beliefs, previous political opinions and affiliations” and is intended to ensure that applicants “adhere to and have knowledge of Islam, follow the theory of Velayat-e-faqih (rule of an Islamic jurist under Shi’ite Islam) and are loyal to the Islamic Republic of Iran.”51 Not only is gozinesh in contradiction of Article 23 of the Constitution, it also bars minorities or anyone who are unable or unwilling to accept these requirements from seeking employment in the public sector.52 Members of religious and ethnic minorities have reportedly been the target of denial of employment in the Islamic Republic of Iran.53 For example, members of the Yarsan community reported the denial of public sector jobs through the application of gozinesh requirements. 54 55 Members of the Baha’i faith have been reportedly barred from employment in the public sector.56 Members of the Baloch minority, estimated to be between 2 and 3 million,57 speak the Baluchi language with a majority being Sunni Muslim. Arabs in Iran represent up to 5 million individuals 46 Report of the U.N. Secretary General, August 2019, https://undocs.org/en/A/74/273 Center for Human Rights in Iran, https://iranhumanrights.org/2019/03/irans-intelligence-ministry-slaps-azeri-rights-activistwith-new-charges-claim-hes-organizing-protests-from-prison/ 48 Minority Groups, https://minorityrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Rights-Denied-Violations-against-ethnic-andreligious-minorities-in-Iran.pdf 49 Joint submission to the Human Rights Committee from All Human Rights for All in Iran, Association for Human Rights in Kurdistan – Geneva, Association for the Human Rights of the Azerbaijani People in Iran, Iran Human Rights Documenttion Center, OutRight International, Siamak Pourzand Foundation, Small Media, Impact Iran, 2020, https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CCPR/Shared%20Documents/IRN/INT_CCPR_NGO_IRN_42317_E.pdf 50 Amnesty International, 2012, https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/ 51 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 18 July 2019, https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N19/222/62/PDF/N1922262.pdf?OpenElement 52 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 18 July 2019, https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N19/222/62/PDF/N1922262.pdf?OpenElement 53 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 18 July 2019, https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N19/222/62/PDF/N1922262.pdf?OpenElement 54 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 18 July 2019, https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N19/222/62/PDF/N1922262.pdf?OpenElement 55 Center for Human Rights in Iran, www.iranhumanrights.org/2017/05/most-yarsani-religious-minority-candidates-disqualifiedfrom-irans-2017-councils-elections/ 56 Baha’i International Community, Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Iran, 2019, https://undocs.org/A/HRC/WG.6/34/IRN/3 57 Taheri, A., The Baloch in Post Islamic Revolution Iran: A Political Study, University of Pune 2012, p. 24. 47 6