My name is Shadi Noveiri Gilani. I was born in Bandar Anzali in 1990 and became a Christian on 19 September 2007. I was arrested on 11 November 2015, and detained for 40 days.

A fifth convert has been released as part of the mass pardoning of political prisoners, while there are reports two […]

Mojtaba describes the moment, after three weeks in solitary confinement, that he was brought before a judge.

Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, who was released on Sunday after nearly five years’ arbitrary detention in Tehran’s Evin Prison, has shared a letter he wrote on the day of his release.

An Iranian pastor once sentenced to death for his “apostasy” has been “pardoned” and released after nearly five years in […]

A third Christian convert was among the prisoners pardoned and released earlier this month, Article18 can now confirm. Mehdi Rokhparvar, […]

Mojtaba describes some of the dreams and visions he had during his more than three years in detention.

“During my life in Tehran we were shadowed all the time by officers of the Ministry of Intelligence and the police,” says Iranian-Assyrian Christian Dabrina Bet-Tamraz.

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

My name is Ali Mostafaei, known as Parsa. I was born in June 1991 in Shahriar, Tehran, to a religious family. When my father found out I had become a Christian, he beat me up and kicked me out of the house.