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Intelligence Minister admits collaborative effort to combat conversions to Christianity

Intelligence Minister admits collaborative effort to combat conversions to Christianity

Embed from Getty Images Iran’s Minister of Intelligence has for the first time publicly admitted that his agency is collaborating […]

‘Alarming’ situation for Christians in Iran, UK government review finds

‘Alarming’ situation for Christians in Iran, UK government review finds

The situation for Christians and other minorities in Iran “has reached an alarming stage”, according to a new report conducted on behalf […]

Iranian government heightened its systematic targeting of religious minorities in 2018 – USCIRF

Iranian government heightened its systematic targeting of religious minorities in 2018 – USCIRF

Embed from Getty Images Iran remains among the world’s most egregious violators of religious freedom, according to the 20th annual […]

US Commission on International Religious Freedom 2019 Annual Report

US Commission on International Religious Freedom 2019 Annual Report

Iran remains among the world’s most egregious violators of religious freedom, according to the 20th annual report of the US […]

16 Bushehr converts face prison as appeals fail

16 Bushehr converts face prison as appeals fail

Sixteen converts to Christianity in the southwestern city of Bushehr are facing time in prison after their convictions were upheld […]

Armenian Christian enjoys Easter break from prison

Armenian Christian enjoys Easter break from prison

An Iranian-Armenian Christian serving a five-year jail sentence for “acting against national security through house-church activities” was permitted temporary leave […]

Religious minority representatives defend Revolutionary Guard ‘terrorists’

Religious minority representatives defend Revolutionary Guard ‘terrorists’

After the USA designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a “terrorist group”, representatives of Iran’s ethnic religious minorities in the Islamic Consultative […]

Persecution of Christians in Iran – Dr Sara Afshari

Persecution of Christians in Iran – Dr Sara Afshari

Dr Sara Afshari provided this testimony at Westminster Abbey on Monday 8 April to members of an independent review team […]

Oral evidence on Iran: Article18’s Mansour Borji

Oral evidence on Iran: Article18’s Mansour Borji

Article18’s Advocacy Director, Mansour Borji, gave the following testimony at Westminster Abbey on Monday 8 April to members of an […]

Revolutionary Court trials ‘unfair in almost all cases’ – jailed rights lawyer

Revolutionary Court trials ‘unfair in almost all cases’ – jailed rights lawyer

Jailed human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has published an open letter from Evin Prison claiming the verdicts issued by Iran’s Revolutionary Courts […]