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‘Immediately release prisoners of conscience to prevent humanitarian disaster’

‘Immediately release prisoners of conscience to prevent humanitarian disaster’

The Council of United Iranian Churches (Hamgaam) has called on Iran to immediately release all prisoners of conscience to “prevent […]

‘Total religious freedom’ or is Iran one of world’s worst persecutors of Christians?

‘Total religious freedom’ or is Iran one of world’s worst persecutors of Christians?

Article18’s advocacy director, Mansour Borji, has addressed the often cited discrepancy between the Iranian government’s claims that there is “total […]

UN experts call for release of all prisoners of conscience

UN experts call for release of all prisoners of conscience

A group of UN human rights experts have called on Iran to release all prisoners of conscience, in line with […]

Iranian referee asked if he’d converted to Christianity after officiating at ‘Armenian Olympics’

Iranian referee asked if he’d converted to Christianity after officiating at ‘Armenian Olympics’

A top-level Iranian football referee has revealed that he was asked if he had converted to Christianity because he officiated […]

Imprisoned Iranian Christian says people praying for him are ‘sharing my burdens’

Imprisoned Iranian Christian says people praying for him are ‘sharing my burdens’

An Iranian Christian convert serving a 10-year prison sentence for his membership of a Tehran house-church has written a letter […]

Ebrahim Firouzi on life in prison and exile

Ebrahim Firouzi on life in prison and exile

Ebrahim Firouzi tells Article18’s advocacy director, Mansour Borji, about the months he has spent in exile since his release from […]

Easter release for Iranian woman convert

Easter release for Iranian woman convert

Iranian woman convert Fatemeh (Aylar) Bakhtari has been told she does not need to return to prison to complete her […]

Coronavirus increases asylum seeker’s anxieties as wait for resettlement goes on

Coronavirus increases asylum seeker’s anxieties as wait for resettlement goes on

Arash Sedigh went to the UN offices in Makassar, Indonesia for more than 250 days in a row last year […]

Christian convert, 62, released from prison, leave extended for two others

Christian convert, 62, released from prison, leave extended for two others

A 62-year-old Iranian woman convert to Christianity has been told she does not need to return to prison to complete […]

UK accepts ‘real risk’ of persecution for ‘ordinary’ Iranian Christians

UK accepts ‘real risk’ of persecution for ‘ordinary’ Iranian Christians

  The UK’s new guidelines for asylum cases involving Iranian Christian converts acknowledge there is a “real risk” of persecution […]