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25th April 2025The UK’s Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB), David Smith, has said there are “few countries on […] [...]Read more...
22nd April 2025An imprisoned Christian convert who went on hunger strike to protest against his mistreatment in Tehran’s Evin Prison has started […] [...]Read more...
17th April 2025Laleh Saati, a Christian convert and prisoner of conscience held in Tehran’s Evin Prison, has been denied access to specialised […] [...]Read more...
14th April 2025Pastor Joseph was denied permission to attend his mother’s funeral today. Unconfirmed reports also indicate that his wife, Lida was arrested last Saturday. [...]Read more...
12th April 2025An imprisoned Iranian Christian convert who has a heart condition and was recently assaulted by a prison guard has gone […] [...]Read more...
11th April 2025The US Commission on International Religious Freedom has called on the US government to “demand accountability for Iran’s religious freedom […] [...]Read more...
10th April 2025The mother of an Iranian-Armenian pastor who has been held in Tehran’s Evin Prison for over two months has passed […] [...]Read more...
9th April 2025An extract from a recent BBC recording from British-Iranian bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani, daughter of the first Persian bishop of Iran and sister of a martyr of the Iranian Church. [...]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...

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