Prisoners List

Christian converts summoned to begin sentences or forfeit $20,000 bail

Christian converts summoned to begin sentences or forfeit $20,000 bail

Three Christian converts including a woman pregnant with her first child have been summoned to begin prison sentences totalling over […]

Tehran court rejects appeals of converts sentenced to combined 40 years in prison

Tehran court rejects appeals of converts sentenced to combined 40 years in prison

Three Christian converts including a woman pregnant with her first child have had their long prison sentences upheld by a […]

US Commission on International Religious Freedom 2025 annual report

US Commission on International Religious Freedom 2025 annual report

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has called on the US government to ensure that religious refugees from […]

US commission calls for permanent acceptance of Iran’s religious refugees

US commission calls for permanent acceptance of Iran’s religious refugees

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has called on the US government to ensure that religious refugees from […]

Three Christians including pregnant woman sentenced to over 40 years in prison

Three Christians including pregnant woman sentenced to over 40 years in prison

Three 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.

UN hears contrasting narratives of life for Christians in Iran

UN hears contrasting narratives of life for Christians in Iran

Two side events the day before Iran’s Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations highlight once again the chasm between what the Islamic Republic says about its treatment of religious minorities and the reality of their lived experience.

Yasser Akbari

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.

Hakop Gochumyan

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”.

Christian convert released after nearly five years in prison

Christian convert released after nearly five years in prison

A Christian convert whose only son died during his nearly five years in Evin Prison has been released after his […]