‘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.

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.

Convert flogged for second time, now faces exile

Convert flogged for second time, now faces exile

A house-church leader who has already spent nearly five years in prison, and was once flogged for drinking Communion wine, has been flogged a second time and now faces two years in exile. 

Iranian Christian refugees in Sweden share frustrations at asylum process

Iranian Christian refugees in Sweden share frustrations at asylum process

Over the past three years, Article18 has reported on numerous occasions about a group of Iranian Christians in Sweden who […]

‘Critical need’ for new resettlement opportunities for Iranian Christian refugees in Turkey – report

‘Critical need’ for new resettlement opportunities for Iranian Christian refugees in Turkey – report

There is a “critical need” for new resettlement opportunities and sponsorship programmes for Iranian Christian refugees in Turkey, says a […]

Decade-long prison sentence for Iranian Christian reduced to two years

Decade-long prison sentence for Iranian Christian reduced to two years

A Court of Appeal in Tehran has cut a decade-long prison sentence for a Christian down to two years after […]

‘We use money that could feed hungry Muslims to restore Christian churches’ – tourism minister

‘We use money that could feed hungry Muslims to restore Christian churches’ – tourism minister

In the week of the 10th anniversary of the forced closure of the largest Persian-speaking church in Iran, the Islamic […]

Bishop Guli calls for safe legal route for Iranians fleeing persecution for faith

Bishop Guli calls for safe legal route for Iranians fleeing persecution for faith

British-Iranian bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani has called on the UK government to consider offering a “safe-route scheme” for Iranians fleeing persecution […]

10 years since forced closure of Iran’s largest Persian-speaking church

10 years since forced closure of Iran’s largest Persian-speaking church

This Sunday will be the 10th anniversary of the forced closure of the largest Persian-speaking church in Iran, the Central […]