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Four Christian converts including Afghan refugee remain detained three weeks after arrest

Four Christian converts including Afghan refugee remain detained three weeks after arrest

Four Christian converts, including an Afghan refugee, remain in detention over three weeks after their arrest in Shahriar, west of […]

‘Christmas is always a reminder of our arrest and imprisonment’

‘Christmas is always a reminder of our arrest and imprisonment’

Four Iranian Christians who were arrested at Christmas time or spent the festive season in prison have shared with Article18 […]

Armenian Christian remains in Evin Prison four months after arrest

Armenian Christian remains in Evin Prison four months after arrest

An Armenian citizen, who was one of over 100 Christians arrested in Iran this summer, remains detained in Evin Prison […]

Religious minorities in Iran face cultural violence

Religious minorities in Iran face cultural violence

How education, art, urbanism and religious discourse have been weaponised by the Iranian state

Two house-church members detained in unknown location after coordinated arrests

Two house-church members detained in unknown location after coordinated arrests

A former prisoner of conscience and his brother remain in detention in an unknown location after four house-church members were […]

10 rights Iranian Christians are denied on 75th anniversary of declaration

10 rights Iranian Christians are denied on 75th anniversary of declaration

On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, here are 10 rights that have been denied to […]

House-church leader returns to prison after first home visit since sudden transfer

House-church leader returns to prison after first home visit since sudden transfer

A house-church leader serving a six-year sentence for “propagating Christianity” has returned to a prison on the other side of […]

UN resolution notes ‘increasing’ religious-freedom restrictions in Iran

UN resolution notes ‘increasing’ religious-freedom restrictions in Iran

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution last week highlighting violations of human rights in Iran, including “ongoing severe […]

‘Hezbollahis’ – the minority that rules over the majority in Iran

‘Hezbollahis’ – the minority that rules over the majority in Iran

“Iran belongs to Hezbollahis.” These words, from the director of a Quranic institute near the Iranian capital, broadcasted recently on […]

Iranian Christian refugee pens poem about pain of forced migration

Iranian Christian refugee pens poem about pain of forced migration

The daughter of an Iranian Christian couple who fled Iran to claim asylum in Turkey has written a poem highlighting […]