by Steve Dew-Jones | 12 Aug 2025 | News
Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) has admitted to having arrested over 50 Christians since the end of the conflict with Israel, accusing them of involvement in “anti-security” activities and even possession of arms. The admission was made as part of a wider...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 24 Jul 2025 | News
There has been a notable increase in arrests and hate speech against Christians since the conflict with Israel, Article18 can reveal. More Christians have been arrested in the month since the ceasefire was announced than in the six months prior, with at least 54...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 11 Jul 2025 | News
An interview with Article18’s Fred Petrossian, following the publication of his new book, ‘Why Christian Converts flee Iran’. Please can you give a short summary of what the book is about? “This book examines why Christian converts in Iran are forced to flee their...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Jul 2025 | News
At least 21 Christians have been arrested in five different cities in the two weeks since the end of the conflict with Israel, Article18 can reveal. The arrests by agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence targeted Christians in the cities of Tehran, Rasht, Orumiyeh,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 4 Jul 2025 | News
An Iranian Christian convert and former prisoner of conscience, Rasoul Abdollahi, has died following an accident at his home at the age of 55. Rasoul, who spent two years in prison following his arrest at Christmas in 2010, died on Tuesday, 1 July, and was buried...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 4 Jul 2025 | News
An Iranian Christian who fled after being sentenced to 10 years in prison for his membership of a house-church has been detained after being deported back to Iran from Turkey. Mehran Shamloui, who is 43 years old, fled Iran earlier this year after he and two other...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 4 Jul 2025 | News
An Iranian pastor in California has called for the United States to “open the doors” to refugees after several of his church members – all asylum-seekers – were detained. Ara Torosian, an Iranian-American who himself arrived to the US as a refugee in 2010...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Jul 2025 | News
A new book by Article18’s Fred Petrossian seeks to explain why many Iranian Christian converts end up as refugees and asylum-seekers in the West. The book, ‘Why Christian Converts Flee Iran’, “tells a story that spans 46 years of suffering and resistance,” the author...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Jul 2025 | News
The Islamic Republic of Iran has rejected the vast majority of substantive recommendations made by UN member states at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, including regarding its treatment of religious minorities. Of the 346 recommendations made in its fourth...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 24 Jun 2025 | News
Busloads of prisoners have been transferred from Evin Prison to other prisons in the Tehran region after an Israeli strike yesterday targeted the gates to the notorious prison, where at least 11 Christians were among hundreds of prisoners of conscience. According to...
