Posted: 4 April 2022| Region: Middle East | Category: Analysis
Author: Luca Nevola
Over the past two years, state authorities have carried out more than 400 repression events targeting religious minority groups in Iran. In this infographic, ACLED-Religion Senior Researcher Luca Nevola maps key trends in minority repression across the country from 2020 to 2021. Access the data and learn more about the ACLED-Religion pilot project here.
Luca Nevola is Middle East Regional Specialist at ACLED and has been in the organization since November 2018. He was originally hired as Yemen and KSA researcher and subsequently worked as Senior Researcher in MENA Religion and Repression. He currently produces analysis and coordinates research across the Middle East desks. Luca holds an MA and a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Milano-Bicocca. He has conducted extensive fieldwork research in Yemen and works as a Yemen analyst for several research institutes focusing on elite politics, political Islam, minority groups, and tribal dynamics.
Regions: Middle East
