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18th March 2025The UN’s fact-finding mission (FFM) on Iran says it has only “scratched the surface” in “exposing the structural and institutional […] [...]Read more...
18th March 2025Article18 has joined over 40 other rights groups and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi in calling for the renewal […] [...]Read more...
17th March 2025Photographs have emerged in recent days showing the deterioration of a once renowned hospital in Iran that was founded and […] [...]Read more...
14th March 2025Having a place of worship has been described as an “integral” part of religious freedom at the Human Rights Council […] [...]Read more...
14th March 2025The UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran says religious and ethnic minorities […] [...]Read more...
11th March 2025A Christian convert arrested during a raid by Revolutionary Guards on a gathering of Christians in northern Iran last month […] [...]Read more...
10th March 2025Three Christian converts including a woman pregnant with her first child have been sentenced to over 40 years in prison on charges related to their religious beliefs and worship meetings. [...]Read more...
6th March 2025The types of psychological – and in some instances physical – torture shown in The Seed of the Sacred Fig mirror the testimonies of the dozens of Christians interviewed by Article18 in recent years. [...]Read more...
5th March 2025Iranian-Armenian pastor Joseph Shahbazian remains in detention in Tehran’s Evin Prison nearly a month after his re-arrest and continues to […] [...]Read more...

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Documented Rights Violations Against Christians in Iran

Article18's 2025 annual report, produced in collaboration with Open Doors, CSW and Middle East Concern, draws attention to the fact that many more cases of Christian persecution in Iran go unreported. The report offers a statistical as well as analytical overview of rights violations against Christians in Iran, followed by a list of recommendations to policymakers.

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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