**The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, November 15th, approved a resolution proposed by Canada condemning the widespread human rights violations in Iran. This resolution strongly condemns the issuance of death sentences for protesters following forced confessions, the targeted repression of women, and expresses...
A report by HRANA, published on the occasion of World Day Against the Death Penalty, indicates an 84% increase in the issuance of death sentences in Iran over the past year, continuing "state-sanctioned killings" to eliminate protesters.
Iranian authorities have issued the highest number of death sentences globally after China between October 10,...
The burning of several churches and the destruction of a Christian cemetery in eastern Pakistan resulted from accusations against a Christian family that circulated on social media. The origin of these accusations remains unclear.
On Wednesday, August 16th, hundreds of Muslim men armed with clubs and stones attacked a Christian neighborhood in the...
According to a report received by Article 18, around seventy Christian citizens were arrested between June 1 and July 17, 2023, during raids by security forces in eleven cities. At least ten of them remain in prison.
The reports indicate that at least 69 Christians were detained, most of whom were Christian converts. However, it was also reported...
According to a U.S.-based Christian organization, three female Christian converts who had been held in Evin Prison for 40 days are set to be tried on Sunday, July 2, 2023, in Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran.
Reports indicate that Shilan Orami Nejad, Razieh (Maral) Kahzadi, and Zahra (Yalda) Heidari were arrested by Ministry of...
A joint report by the organization "Article 18" and three global Christian organizations—Open Doors, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, and MEC—provides a 24-page account of the dire circumstances faced by Iranian Christian refugees in Turkey.
Many Iranian Christian converts have been subjected to persecution, imprisonment, deprivation of employment...
Amnesty International, on Tuesday, March 28, released its annual report highlighting extensive human rights violations in Iran, including the killing of hundreds of protesters, the use of executions as a tool for political repression, torture, and discrimination against women and minorities, including Christians.
The human rights organization...
Mohammad Javad Alavi Borujerdi, a well-known teacher of Islamic jurisprudence and principles at Qom Seminary, recently discussed the increasing alienation of many Iranians from the official religion of the state during his "Advanced Jurisprudence" class. He noted the disconnect between the younger generation and clerics.
Alavi Borujerdi, who claimed...
Yousef Nadarkhani, the leader of a house church in Rasht, was released from Evin Prison on Sunday, February 26, 2023. Nadarkhani had been serving a six-year prison sentence for his religious beliefs and peaceful activities, charged with "acting against national security by promoting Zionist Christianity."
Upon his release, Nadarkhani noted that...
The human rights organization "Article 18," in collaboration with three other NGOs and Christian human rights organizations, released their fifth annual joint report (2023) on Sunday, February 19, 2023. The report clearly demonstrates that, contrary to the Iranian government's claims, religious freedom does not exist in Iran. According to the...