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 | 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 | 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...
