The 2011 Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom describes the “severe” persecution of the Baha’i community in Iran from April 2010 to March 2011. Iran is one of 14 countries USCIRF recommends that the Secretary of State name “countries of particular concern” or CPCs. “The Baha’i community has long been subject to particularly severe religious freedom violations in Iran. Baha’is, who number at least 300,000, are viewed as heretic by Iranian authorities and may face repression on the grounds of apostasy,” says the report.