Two Iranian Christian converts are among 30 women prisoners of conscience to have signed a joint letter denouncing state executions in Iran, as protesters continue to be sentenced to death.

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

My name is Ali Kazemian, and I was born in Shiraz, in 1969, to a Muslim family. And my name is Zahra Safar, and I was born in Tehran in 1977. I came to believe in Jesus Christ just a few weeks after Ali.

Iran has risen back to eighth place on an annual list of the countries where it is hardest to practise the Christian faith.

Iran refrained from codifying the “crime” of apostasy in its penal code due to fears of an international outcry, a retired judge involved in revising the text has admitted.

Three “Church of Iran” members serving prison sentences for “spreading deviant beliefs contrary to Islam” were given short breaks from prison over the Christmas period.

Pope Francis has broken his silence on the protests in Iran, specifically referring to the “recent demonstrations demanding greater respect for dignity of women” as part of his general condemnation of the death penalty.

An Iranian-Assyrian woman has been released on bail after more than a month in detention in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison as a result of her support for the popular protests.

A “Church of Iran” pastor who had been on leave from prison since last summer was rearrested at a Christmas […]

An Iranian artist who once donated an illustrated copy of the Psalms to families of the victims of 9/11 has reportedly been sentenced to death for “spying for foreign countries”.