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The English Christian woman who travelled to Iran to teach the blind
Doris Sadeghi, who died last year aged 95, travelled to Iran in 1955 to join the Ernst Christoffel...
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Lawyer who defended Christians released on bail after two months in prison
A lawyer who has defended political prisoners including several Iranian Christians has been...
Aida Najaflou
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Charge:
Propaganda (Article 500), gathering and collusion, insulting the Supreme Leader -
Sentence:
17 years in prison -
Urgent Concern:
Denied medical care; rheumatoid arthritis and spinal injury risk
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Ghazal Marzban
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Charge:
“Propaganda against the state” + “gathering and collusion against national security” -
Sentence:
9 Years 8 Months -
Held At:
Evin Prison
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Christians under Ali Khamenei: four decades of systematic religious repression in Iran
For nearly four decades, the human rights record of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei,...
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Denying prisoners religious books, instruction violates rights – UN rapporteur
Providing detainees with access to their holy books and religious instruction should be considered among the “minimum standards” that States must respect in order not to violate their rights, says the UN’s Special Rapporteur on FoRB
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In Memoriam: Rev Edward Hovsepian-Mehr (1950–2026)
By Mansour Borji It is with profound sadness that Article18 mourns the passing of Rev Edward...
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