‘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 […]

‘When I became a Christian, I was beaten and kicked out of the house’

‘When I became a Christian, I was beaten and kicked out of the house’

Parsa’s story is different from a lot of other Iranian Christians who have experienced persecution.  For most, the primary source […]

‘We held each other’s hands, and cried in silence’

‘We held each other’s hands, and cried in silence’

“Sometimes, even though I’ll be sitting next to my family, it will be as though I’m not there. I’ll stare […]

‘The interrogator made fun of my words and even the colour of my skin’

‘The interrogator made fun of my words and even the colour of my skin’

Sahar Dashti experienced racism as a child as one of very few dark-skinned children in her city, so she was […]

A tribute to ‘God’s Smuggler’

A tribute to ‘God’s Smuggler’

Article18’s Mansour Borji says the world needs more Brother Andrews: people who courageously slay giants and break the bonds of injustice, even when they wear the clothes of those in authority.

‘The 1979 revolution culminated in the murder of my brother’

‘The 1979 revolution culminated in the murder of my brother’

Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani explains how her world changed as the events which led to the revolution of 1979 began to unfold.

‘We can’t accept Muslims becoming Christians through church propaganda’

‘We can’t accept Muslims becoming Christians through church propaganda’

Rev Farhad Sabokrooh was 15 years old when he became a Christian in 1979, the same year religious fervour among […]

‘You were born a Muslim, Shiite blood runs in your veins’

‘You were born a Muslim, Shiite blood runs in your veins’

Mojtaba Keshavarz Ahmadi’s experiences since becoming a Christian 20 years ago show just how costly that decision can be for […]