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Christian convert in Evin Prison denied surgery she requires to remove tumours
A Christian convert serving a two-year sentence in Tehran’s Evin Prison is being denied access to...
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Suspended refugee programme offered ‘lifeline’ to Iran’s persecuted minorities
A podcast by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has championed the...
Amir-Ali Minaei
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Charge:
Establishing a house-church -
Sentence:
3 years & 7 months -
Urgent Concern:
Denied medical care
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Yasser Akbari
Mehdi Akbari, who is known as Yasser, was given a 10-year prison sentence in October 2020 for “acting against national security by forming a house-church”. He was released from prison in September 2024 after his sentence was reduced to four years and five months.
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‘When I was 13, my older brother was murdered on his way back from work’
An 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.
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The case of Alexander B.
Of all the examples in the leaked Edaalate Ali files pertaining to Christians, one case stands...
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Maryam and Reza
For a summary of Maryam and Reza’s story, you can read our feature article here. Conversion Maryam...
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