Maryam Jalili was 40 years old when she became a Christian, and by then had already been through so much. […]

My name is Maryam and I was born in 1964 in Neyshabur. I still remember all my interrogators’ threats. I always used to pass by construction sites with fear, afraid they would deliberately drop an iron beam on my head.

A new report from the United Nations’ Fact-Finding Mission says ethnic and religious minorities were singled out in the Iran […]

A Christian convert serving a two-year prison sentence for “acting against national security by connecting with ‘Zionist’ Christian organisations” has […]

Mohammad Javad Zarif emphasises “positive discrimination” for women and minorities, but it is the Islamic Republic that has been the main source of discrimination and oppression.

Article18 has submitted a joint report to the UN Human Rights Council ahead of Iran’s upcoming Universal Periodic Review, highlighting […]

Iran’s hand-picked presidential candidates have used some nice phrases in recent weeks about the rights and “dignity” of the people of Iran in general, and women and minorities in particular, but they have lacked any substance.

“Many people throughout the world have reacted with shock to the murders of three Protestant clergymen in recent months.” So […]

Rev Mehdi Dibaj’s final defence, before he was sentenced to death for “apostasy”, was published in full by The Times […]

Eight Iranian Christian converts have been sentenced to a combined total of nearly 45 years in prison. The eight, who […]