(JNS.org) Iran, Egypt and several other Muslim nations are among the world’s top violators of religious freedom, particularly for their anti-Christian and antisemitic persecution, according to the 2013 annual report released by the bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. The report singled out Iran’s theocratic leaders, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for their suppression of non-Islamic religions, and the Egyptian government for its failure to protect its Christian community since the 2011 revolution, as well as its widespread antisemitism in Egypt’s media. Overall, two-thirds of the 15 countries identified as “countries of particular concern” are Muslim. Countries cited for engaging in “particularly severe” violations of religious freedom include: Burma, China, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.