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Judge to Christians: ‘Who set this low bail so you were free to roam the streets?’

Judge to Christians: ‘Who set this low bail so you were free to roam the streets?’

More details have emerged of the harsh treatment of four Christian converts sentenced in October to a combined 35 years […]

Renewed fears over parliamentary bill that threatens Iran’s religious minorities

Renewed fears over parliamentary bill that threatens Iran’s religious minorities

There are renewed fears over a parliamentary bill that threatens to facilitate the further repression of Iran’s religious minorities.

‘We can’t allow sick people like you to prosper in the Islamic Republic’

‘We can’t allow sick people like you to prosper in the Islamic Republic’

Peyman and Leila’s one-year-old daughter, Armita, was present when officers from Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence raided their house-church leadership meeting […]

A recipe for intolerance: Iran’s blueprint for cracking down on Christians

A recipe for intolerance: Iran’s blueprint for cracking down on Christians

In spite of what regime figures like to say about the “tolerance” of the Islamic Republic, from the early days of the revolution — as soon as they were firmly in power — the ayatollahs began a crackdown on civil and religious liberties.

Iran still a ‘country of particular concern’ when it comes to religious freedom

Iran still a ‘country of particular concern’ when it comes to religious freedom

The US State Department has re-designated Iran as a “Country of Particular Concern” for “engaging in or tolerating systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom”.

Article18 calls on UN General Assembly to ratify Iran rights resolution

Article18 calls on UN General Assembly to ratify Iran rights resolution

Article18 has joined 36 other rights group in calling on UN member states to ratify the recently adopted resolution on […]

‘Iran’s religious minorities facing greatest threat since revolution’

‘Iran’s religious minorities facing greatest threat since revolution’

Iran’s religious minorities are today facing the greatest threat to their existence since the 1979 revolution, according to one expert.

30 years since Iranian Christian convert hanged for ‘apostasy’

30 years since Iranian Christian convert hanged for ‘apostasy’

Today is the 30th anniversary of the hanging of Iranian Christian convert Rev Hossein Soodmand for “apostasy”. Hossein had been […]

House-church leaders acquitted of ‘acting against national security’

House-church leaders acquitted of ‘acting against national security’

Two Iranian Christian converts have overturned on appeal a combined 10-year prison sentence for their leadership of a house-church.

15 years since brutal murder of Christian convert Ghorban Tourani

15 years since brutal murder of Christian convert Ghorban Tourani

This Sunday will be the 15th anniversary of the brutal murder of Iranian Christian convert Ghorban Tourani, whose still-bleeding body […]