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20th November 2024The exiled son of the former Shah of Iran has highlighted the “widespread and rampant persecution” of Christians and other […] [...]Read more...
18th November 2024A Christian convert has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges including engaging in “propaganda” by “propagating Christianity”, […] [...]Read more...
8th November 2024The new UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran has pledged to […] [...]Read more...
23rd October 2024Over five times as many Iranian Christian refugees were resettled in the United States last year than in 2020, according […] [...]Read more...
17th October 2024Three Christian converts arrested in the northern Iranian city of Nowshahr last month remain in detention in an unknown location […] [...]Read more...
8th October 2024Pope Francis has chosen the archbishop of the Catholic Church in Iran as one of his new cardinals. Fr Dominique […] [...]Read more...
3rd October 2024The brother-in-law of a Christian convert who remains detained nearly a month after her arrest says he fears his sister-in-law […] [...]Read more...
30th September 2024A Christian convert whose only son died during his nearly five years in Evin Prison has been released after his […] [...]Read more...
27th September 2024A Christian convert serving a two-year sentence in Evin Prison on charges related to her Christian activities has been denied […] [...]Read more...

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Know your Rights

All those active in society in Iran can expect to be arrested if they do not agree with
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Report: The Cost of Faith

Persecution of Christian Protestants and Converts in Iran

Article18 made a considerable contribution to this 2013 report, in which the Center for Human Rights in Iran documented the rights violations of Protestant Christians in Iran within the context of international human rights laws and the rights guaranteed within Iran's own constitution.

A Cry from Iran

Two brothers, a murdered father and an untold story of pain and forgiveness are the inspirations behind a ten times award-winning documentary on the secret death of a prominent evangelical pastor in Iran, Haik Hovsepian. This is the untold story of Iranian Christian martyrs, and Christian converts, who became the victims of their beliefs and paid the ultimate price – their lives...

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