My name is Ali Mostafaei, known as Parsa. I was born in June 1991 in Shahriar, Tehran, to a religious family. When my father found out I had become a Christian, he beat me up and kicked me out of the house.
A second convert serving a long prison sentence for being part of a house-church has been released as part of […]
Article18 today releases its fifth joint annual report on “Rights Violations against Christians in Iran”, with partner organisations CSW, Middle […]
An Iranian convert jailed for “acting against national security by organising house-churches and promoting ‘Zionist’ Christianity” has been “pardoned” after nearly five years in Tehran’s Evin Prison.
Iranian Christian refugees have been among those affected by the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
The wife of a pastor serving a six-year prison sentence for “propagating Christianity” now faces her own charges of “propaganda […]
The hundreds of Iranian Christian refugees stuck in countries like Turkey have been given fresh hope with the launch of […]
The daughter of Iranian-Assyrian church leaders who were forced to flee Iran has sought to explain the “very strong contrast” between Christians like her parents and those who make public statements in support of the regime.
Article18 has received firsthand testimonies from five Iranian Christian refugee families who have been arrested in Turkey in recent weeks and taken to “removal centres”, where they have been detained and threatened with deportation.
The son of a murdered Iranian pastor has produced a short film in protest against state executions in Iran. Joseph […]