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Challenges remain despite UK’s fast-tracking of Iranian asylum-seekers

Challenges remain despite UK’s fast-tracking of Iranian asylum-seekers

The director of an organisation that supports refugees in the UK, including Iranian Christians, has spoken to Article18 about the […]

At least 10 still detained as numbers of arrests and affected cities rise

At least 10 still detained as numbers of arrests and affected cities rise

A clearer picture is beginning to emerge of the dozens of arrests of Christians that took place over a seven-week […]

Iranian Christian asylum-seeker’s art displayed at UK gallery

Iranian Christian asylum-seeker’s art displayed at UK gallery

A set of three handwoven rugs by an Iranian Christian asylum-seeker are so impressive and significant that they should be displayed in a national museum, according to the director of the art gallery currently exhibiting the works.

Notorious prison’s demolition will destroy evidence of crimes against humanity, warns rights group

Notorious prison’s demolition will destroy evidence of crimes against humanity, warns rights group

A notorious prison outside Tehran is set to be demolished in an attempt by the Islamic Republic to destroy evidence […]

Over 50 Christians in five cities arrested in new crackdown

Over 50 Christians in five cities arrested in new crackdown

More than 50 Christian converts have been arrested in a rash of new incidents across five Iranian cities over the […]

‘I carry the grief of my son’s death like a suppressed cry’

‘I carry the grief of my son’s death like a suppressed cry’

An Iranian Christian prisoner of conscience has written about his grief at the loss of his only son and his struggle to understand the reason for his imprisonment, in a letter smuggled out of prison.

‘As a mother there was nothing I could do to calm my child and it was very painful’

‘As a mother there was nothing I could do to calm my child and it was very painful’

Amid and Sanaz’s son Danial was just four years old when Ministry of Intelligence agents came to arrest his parents.

Amid and Sanaz

Amid and Sanaz

My name is Aliasghar Fathollahi, but I am known as Amid Fathi, and my name is Sanaz Karami. In May 2016, we were sentenced to one years in prison for “propaganda against the Islamic Republic regime in favour of hostile groups”.

Pastor transferred to prison 1,000 miles from home and family

Pastor transferred to prison 1,000 miles from home and family

An Iranian pastor who has spent most of the past four years behind bars has now been transferred to another […]

Three Christian women held incommunicado for 40 days face court hearing on unknown charges

Three Christian women held incommunicado for 40 days face court hearing on unknown charges

Shilan Oraminejad, Razieh (Maral) Kohzady, and Zahra (Yalda) Heidary were arrested in their homes early in the morning of 9 May by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence.