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Christian convert released after two years in Evin Prison
An Iranian Christian convert has been released from Evin Prison after two years in detention on...
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International Workers’ Day in Iran: From the repression of Christians to solidarity
By Fred Petrossian The widespread shutdown of the Internet, combined with a wartime atmosphere and...
Amir-Ali Minaei
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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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‘This church is closed due to major repairs. Please do not return’
When Iranian-American journalist Tara Jamali returned to Iran after an absence of 20 years, she was shocked to discover the church she attended as a student boarded up.
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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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Mostafa Bordbar
My name is Mohammad Hadi (Mostafa) Bordbar. I was born in 1986, in Shiraz
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