‘My whole life was affected by persecution and harassment due to my faith’

‘My whole life was affected by persecution and harassment due to my faith’

Esmaeil Maghrebinezhad is pensive as he relates the story of his conversion to Christianity in the early days of the […]

‘Christmas is always a reminder of our arrest and imprisonment’

‘Christmas is always a reminder of our arrest and imprisonment’

Four Iranian Christians who were arrested at Christmas time or spent the festive season in prison have shared with Article18 […]

Iranian Christian refugee pens poem about pain of forced migration

Iranian Christian refugee pens poem about pain of forced migration

The daughter of an Iranian Christian couple who fled Iran to claim asylum in Turkey has written a poem highlighting […]

‘Our daughter was terrified, running around the room, shaking and crying’

‘Our daughter was terrified, running around the room, shaking and crying’

Touraj and Elaheh’s youngest daughter, Elina, had just turned 10 years old and was still asleep when intelligence agents came […]

Iranian Christian refugees resettled in Canada longing to call somewhere ‘home’

Iranian Christian refugees resettled in Canada longing to call somewhere ‘home’

An Iranian Christian couple recently resettled in Canada have spoken of their longing to finally be able to call somewhere […]

‘I’m just a ghost here in Sweden,’ says rejected asylum-seeker

‘I’m just a ghost here in Sweden,’ says rejected asylum-seeker

Elmira Torabi says becoming a refugee was the last thing on her mind when she left Iran in early 2021 […]

‘Hearing the door knock, the fear that struck me on the day of my arrest came over me again’

‘Hearing the door knock, the fear that struck me on the day of my arrest came over me again’

It’s 10 years since Nasrin was arrested, but it has taken nearly all that time for her to recover and […]

‘As a mother there was nothing I could do to calm my child and it was very painful’

‘As a mother there was nothing I could do to calm my child and it was very painful’

Amid and Sanaz’s son Danial was just four years old when Ministry of Intelligence agents came to arrest his parents.

‘I didn’t know worshipping and praying in Jesus’ name was illegal’

‘I didn’t know worshipping and praying in Jesus’ name was illegal’

When he was arrested, Vahid Hakani told his interrogator he hadn’t known until that day “that gathering and worshipping and […]

‘I felt very sick every time the jailer searched our bodies with her hands’

‘I felt very sick every time the jailer searched our bodies with her hands’

Shadi Noveiri was strip-searched multiple times during her 40 days in detention, an experience she describes as “absolutely humiliating and […]