19th March 2025There are growing concerns over the health of an imprisoned Christian convert, who has a heart condition and was recently […] [...]Read more...
18th March 2025The UN’s fact-finding mission (FFM) on Iran says it has only “scratched the surface” in “exposing the structural and institutional […] [...]Read more...
18th March 2025Article18 has joined over 40 other rights groups and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi in calling for the renewal […] [...]Read more...
3rd April 2025The mandates of the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran and independent fact-finding mission (FFM) have both been […] [...]Read more...
31st March 2025Two brothers who were arrested at a Christmas gathering over three years ago have both been sentenced to four years in […] [...]Read more...
28th March 2025Providing detainees with access to their holy books and religious instruction should be considered among the “minimum standards” that States must respect in order not to violate their rights, says the UN’s Special Rapporteur on FoRB [...]Read more...
26th March 2025The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has called on the US government to ensure that religious refugees from […] [...]Read more...
25th March 2025With no longer any bishop in the country, nor even visits of foreign-based bishops permitted, no churches open, and no possibility of new members, the future of the Anglican Church in Iran seems bleak. [...]Read more...
24th March 2025A Christian convert who had been on hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin Prison for 35 days to protest against the […] [...]Read more...
19th March 2025There are growing concerns over the health of an imprisoned Christian convert, who has a heart condition and was recently […] [...]Read more...
18th March 2025The UN’s fact-finding mission (FFM) on Iran says it has only “scratched the surface” in “exposing the structural and institutional […] [...]Read more...
18th March 2025Article18 has joined over 40 other rights groups and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi in calling for the renewal […] [...]Read more...
3rd April 2025The mandates of the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran and independent fact-finding mission (FFM) have both been […] [...]Read more...
31st March 2025Two brothers who were arrested at a Christmas gathering over three years ago have both been sentenced to four years in […] [...]Read more...
28th March 2025Providing detainees with access to their holy books and religious instruction should be considered among the “minimum standards” that States must respect in order not to violate their rights, says the UN’s Special Rapporteur on FoRB [...]Read more...
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Report: THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG
Documented Rights Violations Against Christians in Iran
Article18's 2025 annual report, produced in collaboration with Open Doors, CSW and Middle East Concern, draws attention to the fact that many more cases of Christian persecution in Iran go unreported. The report offers a statistical as well as analytical overview of rights violations against Christians in Iran, followed by a list of recommendations to policymakers.
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