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Supreme Court orders retrial of Christian couple serving combined 10-year sentence

Supreme Court orders retrial of Christian couple serving combined 10-year sentence

An Iranian Christian couple serving a combined 10 years in prison for belonging to a house-church have had their third […]

Annual report launch at UN Human Rights Council

Annual report launch at UN Human Rights Council

Two UN special rapporteurs and an Assyrian Christian couple forced to flee Iran after being sentenced to a combined 15 […]

Annual report presentation at UK parliament

Annual report presentation at UK parliament

The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief joined Article18’s Mansour Borji and two Iranian Christian survivors of persecution for the UK parliament presentation of our joint annual report.

Supreme Court agrees to retrial of Iranian-Armenian pastor serving 10-year sentence

Supreme Court agrees to retrial of Iranian-Armenian pastor serving 10-year sentence

Iran’s Supreme Court has agreed that an ethnic Armenian pastor serving a 10-year prison sentence for holding church services in […]

Church Haik Hovsepian founded set to be sold by Iranian state

Church Haik Hovsepian founded set to be sold by Iranian state

A church of huge significance for Iranian Christians is set to be sold by an organisation headed by Iran’s Supreme […]

‘Iran ostracises and silences Assyrians and Armenians who speak out’

‘Iran ostracises and silences Assyrians and Armenians who speak out’

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.

Son of murdered pastor releases film in response to Iran executions

Son of murdered pastor releases film in response to Iran executions

The son of a murdered Iranian pastor has produced a short film in protest against state executions in Iran. Joseph […]

Converts among women prisoners to ‘say “no” to executions’

Converts among women prisoners to ‘say “no” to executions’

Two Iranian Christian converts are among 30 women prisoners of conscience to have signed a joint letter denouncing state executions in Iran, as protesters continue to be sentenced to death.

Iranian-Assyrian woman protester released on bail after month in prison

Iranian-Assyrian woman protester released on bail after month in prison

An Iranian-Assyrian woman has been released on bail after more than a month in detention in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison as a result of her support for the popular protests.

Meet Iran’s latest Christian prisoners of conscience

Meet Iran’s latest Christian prisoners of conscience

The similarities and differences between the latest set of Iranian Christians to have been jailed show clearly that, in the Islamic Republic, neither recognised nor unrecognised Christians are free to act out their beliefs.