New Delhi, March 26 -- India has hit back at United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) after the American agency recommended sanctions against India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). The USCIRF report comes amid allegations that RAW was involved in targeting Sikh separatists on foreign soil. In its recommendations, USCIRF also recommended designating India as "country of particular concern".

In a press conference, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal labelled the USCIRF an "entity of concern", while calling its recent report a "biased and politically motivated assessment."

Randhir Jaiswal said, "We have seen the recently released 2025 Annual Report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIR...