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From Persecution to Promise: A Global Call to Action

From Persecution to Promise: A Global Call to Action

Iran has for many years been listed among the worst countries for persecuting Christians, featuring prominently every year on Open […]

Islamic Republic delegation quizzed by UN experts on compliance with international law

Islamic Republic delegation quizzed by UN experts on compliance with international law

Iran’s violations of the rights of religious minorities, including Christians, was one of the issues raised by a panel of […]

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 […]

Closed Doors – Persecuted Christians and the US Refugee Resettlement and Asylum Processes

Closed Doors – Persecuted Christians and the US Refugee Resettlement and Asylum Processes

Iranian Christians continue to be among the most affected by the significant drop in refugee resettlement to the United States […]

Iranian Christians continue to suffer most from US reduction in refugee resettlement – report

Iranian Christians continue to suffer most from US reduction in refugee resettlement – report

Iranian Christians continue to be among the most affected by the significant drop in refugee resettlement to the United States […]

Iranian-Armenian pastor begins 10-year sentence for his ‘disturbing’ teachings

Iranian-Armenian pastor begins 10-year sentence for his ‘disturbing’ teachings

As Iran’s president was flying to New York this morning, an Iranian-Armenian pastor was handing himself in to prison in […]

Iranian Christians publish joint statement on anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death

Iranian Christians publish joint statement on anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death

Article18 has joined over 125 other Iranian Christian organisations and churches from 16 different countries in signing a joint statement […]

Iranian-Armenian pastor ‘pardoned’, released from prison

Iranian-Armenian pastor ‘pardoned’, released from prison

Iranian-Armenian pastor Joseph Shahbazian has been “pardoned” and released after just over a year in Tehran’s Evin Prison.

‘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 […]