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Iran’s Supreme Court agrees to review Christian convert’s 10-year prison sentence

Iran’s Supreme Court agrees to review Christian convert’s 10-year prison sentence

Iran’s Supreme Court has finally agreed to review the case of a Christian convert serving a 10-year prison sentence for […]

Iranian Christians decry denial of education to converts and their children

Iranian Christians decry denial of education to converts and their children

A group of Iranian Christian former prisoners of conscience between them sentenced to over 50 years in prison have published a joint statement decrying the denial of education to Persian-speaking Christians in Iran.

Annual report: Supreme Court ruling gave hope but Persian Christians still have no  #place2worship

Annual report: Supreme Court ruling gave hope but Persian Christians still have no #place2worship

Two rulings at the end of 2021 offered hope that one day Iranian Christians may no longer be charged with […]

Annual report: Rights violations against Christians in 2021

Annual report: Rights violations against Christians in 2021

Two rulings at the end of 2021 offered hope that one day Iranian Christians may no longer be charged with […]

Isfahan brothers still missing after Christmas arrest

Isfahan brothers still missing after Christmas arrest

Two brothers remain missing more than a month after their arrest at a Christmas gathering near Isfahan.

Christian converts conclude prison sentences, but one now faces exile

Christian converts conclude prison sentences, but one now faces exile

Two Christian converts have been released from prison at the conclusion of their one-year prison sentences for belonging to a house-church, but one of them now faces two years’ exile.

Iran remains among world’s worst persecutors of Christians

Iran remains among world’s worst persecutors of Christians

It was on this day 28 years ago that one of Iran’s most senior Protestant church leaders, ethnic Armenian Christian […]

Christian convert back in prison just two weeks after release

Christian convert back in prison just two weeks after release

Just two weeks after the release on bail of nine Christian converts, pending a review of their case ordered by Iran’s Supreme Court, one of them is already back in prison – thanks to a ruling by a different branch ofthat same Supreme Court.

Iranian churches get behind #Place2Worship campaign

Iranian churches get behind #Place2Worship campaign

Iranian-speaking churches in the diaspora have added their voice to the call for Persian-speaking Christians to be given a place to worship.

Christian prisoner of conscience mourns death of only child

Christian prisoner of conscience mourns death of only child

Mehdi (Yasser) Akbari, who was a single parent, was informed on 28 December that his son, Amin Ali, who had underlying health issues, had passed away in the care facility where he had been living since his father’s imprisonment.