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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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‘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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Hakop Gochumyan
Armenian citizen Hakop Gochumyan is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Evin Prison for “engaging in deviant proselytising activity that contradicts the sacred law of Islam” through alleged membership and leadership of “a network of evangelical Christianity”.
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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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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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