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18th March 2024Article18 has today joined over 40 other human rights groups in calling for the renewal of the mandates of the […] [...]Read more...
5th March 2024UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman has told the Islamic Republic of Iran to “end the criminalisation of the peaceful expression […] [...]Read more...
4th March 2024A house-church member in a city near Tehran has been charged with “teaching activities that educate in a deviant way […] [...]Read more...
1st March 2024EU countries have been told they cannot automatically reject asylum claims based on professed conversions to Christianity, even if the […] [...]Read more...
28th February 2024Esmaeil Maghrebinezhad is pensive as he relates the story of his conversion to Christianity in the early days of the […] [...]Read more...
28th February 2024My name is Esmaeil Maghrebinezhad and I was born in 1954 in Tehran. My whole life was affected by persecution and harassment due to my faith. [...]Read more...
27th February 2024A Christian convert detained for three weeks, following his arrest by Ministry of Intelligence agents, has been released on bail […] [...]Read more...
26th February 2024Article18’s joint annual report – published in collaboration with CSW, Open Doors and Middle East Concern – was presented at […] [...]Read more...
22nd February 2024A Christian convert who had been imprisoned and exiled by the regime has been found dead aged 37.  Ebrahim Firouzi’s […] [...]Read more...

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Iranian Christian Prisoners List

An up-to-date, comprehensive list of Iran’s Christian prisoners.

Know your Rights

All those active in society in Iran can expect to be arrested if they do not agree with
or adhere to the government's views. Knowing one's rights can
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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