Iranian Christian convert wins award for religious freedom animation

Iranian Christian convert wins award for religious freedom animation

An Iranian Christian convert has won the top prize in an international film competition* for her short animation depicting a […]

Prison sentences for Rasht converts

Prison sentences for Rasht converts

Four Iranian converts have received prison sentences of between two and five years for “acting against national security” by belonging […]

Unprecedented bail demand for Iranian-Armenian house-church leader

Unprecedented bail demand for Iranian-Armenian house-church leader

The family of an Iranian-Armenian house-church leader who remains in detention more than three weeks after his arrest have been […]

Esmaeil Maghrebinezhad faces prison as final appeals fail

Esmaeil Maghrebinezhad faces prison as final appeals fail

Iranian Christian convert Esmaeil Maghrebinezhad has lost his appeal against the two remaining prison sentences issued to him earlier this […]

Converts charged with acting against national security by promoting ‘Zionist Christianity’

Converts charged with acting against national security by promoting ‘Zionist Christianity’

At least 10 of the more than a dozen Christian converts arrested two weeks ago in raids on their homes […]

Iran’s Guardian Council orders amendments to bill that threatens religious minorities

Iran’s Guardian Council orders amendments to bill that threatens religious minorities

Iran’s Guardian Council has asked for amendments to be made to a proposed parliamentary bill that threatens to facilitate the […]

97% reduction in Iranian Christian refugee arrivals in US since 2015 – report

97% reduction in Iranian Christian refugee arrivals in US since 2015 – report

A joint report by Christian charities World Relief and Open Doors has highlighted the dramatic reduction in refugee arrivals to […]

Christian convert, 65, overturns first of three jail sentences on appeal

Christian convert, 65, overturns first of three jail sentences on appeal

Sixty-five-year-old Iranian Christian convert Esmaeil Maghrebinezhad has had his three-year jail sentence for “insulting Islamic sacred beliefs” overturned on appeal. […]

Arrest of another Christian convert confirmed in Tehran

Arrest of another Christian convert confirmed in Tehran

A 47-year-old Christian woman has been named as another of those arrested during a series of raids on the homes […]

12 Christians arrested by Revolutionary Guards in three cities

12 Christians arrested by Revolutionary Guards in three cities

At least 12 Christians have been arrested by intelligence agents belonging to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in a coordinated operation across […]