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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...
25th September 2024A 62-year-old Iranian-Armenian pastor serving a 10-year prison sentence for leading a house-church has been acquitted and released after just […] [...]Read more...
16th September 2024A Christian convert arrested a week ago in the southern city of Shiraz is still being held in an infamous […] [...]Read more...
6th September 2024A British-Iranian who spent over four years in Tehran’s Evin Prison says claims by Islamic Republic officials that “no-one is imprisoned in Iran because of their beliefs” are “among the 1000s of lies they have said”. [...]Read more...

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How you can help Iranian Christian refugees

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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minimise the consequences of incarceration.

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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