UN Working Group Determines Detention of Iranian Pastor is Arbitrary

February 26, 2021 — 02/26/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) - The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has released an opinion that the continued detention of Iranian church leader Yousef Nadarkhani is arbitrary....

Survey Finds Increasing Religious Diversity in Iran Despite Persecution

February 18, 2021 — 02/18/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) - According to a recent poll conducted by a European research organization, the Iranian regime’s policy of discrimination and, in some cases, persecution of non-Shia...

Iranian Convert Jailed and Maintaining Hunger Strike

February 16, 2021 — 02/16/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Ibrahim Firouzi, an Iranian Christian convert, was arrested on February 8 on charges of propaganda and blasphemy. Firouzi began a hunger strike a few days...

Three Iranian Christians’ Imprisonment Sentencing Upheld

February 8, 2021 — 02/08/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Three Iranian Christians had their appeals denied on January 27 and the court’s sentencing for one-year imprisonment was upheld. Habib Heydari, Sam Khosravi, Sasan Khosravi...

Iranian House Churches Deemed Zionist Cults

January 31, 2021 — 01/31/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Pro-regime news outlet Fars News Agency released a report that a “Zionist” network was “dismantled” for “creating moral deviations” and “promoting conversions”. Iran recognizes, at...

I Interviewed the Ayatollah’s Former Enemy, Now a Christian Leader in America

January 27, 2021 — 01/27/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – In 1979, Islamic revolutionaries took over Iran, banning all Christian and western influences from the region. The people were not happy with the Shah, and...

Iran Denies UN Claims of Christian Persecution

January 26, 2021 — 01/26/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – A special United Nations investigation group recently released a report outlining concern for Iran’s “systematic persecution of Christians”. The report was made public months after...

Iranian Christian Arrested For The Third Time

January 23, 2021 — 01/23/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Mary Mohammadi, an Iranian Christian convert and human rights activist, was arrested again on January 18. Mohammadi has been in and out of prison for...

Iranian Abuse of Prisoners Continues

January 19, 2021 — 01/19/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM) recently released its 2020 Annual Report documenting the abuse and condition of prisoners in Iran’s notorious prisons. Iran’s treatment...

Middle East Persecution Rises, Says New Report

January 13, 2021 — 01/13/2021 Middle East (International Christian Concern) – Open Doors released its 2021 World Watch List, indicating an increase for several Middle Eastern countries. Most notably, Turkey now ranks 25, moving up...

Floggings Reported in Iran Against Religious Minorities

January 9, 2021 — 01/09/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – The Iran Human Rights Monitor shared in their newly released 2020 Annual Report that amputation and flogging sentences were widely practiced in Iran. The...

Iran’s Parliament Considers Penal Code Changes

December 14, 2020 — 12/14/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Iran’s parliament has made a number of amendments to a draft bill which would further criminalize freedom of expression and belief, warns Article 19....

Another Iranian Christian Flogged

November 17, 2020 — 11/17/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Just a few days after returning to Evin Prison following a 5-day furlough, Iranian Christian convert Saheb Zaman Fadaie has received 80 lashes for...

Iranian Christian Homes Raided

November 12, 2020 — 11/12/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Iranian intelligence agents raided 12 Christian homes in the city of Fardis, located near the capital city of Tehran, reports Article 18. Though none...

Christian Convert Returns to Iranian Prison

November 4, 2020 — 11/04/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Saheb Zaman Fadaie, an Iranian Christian convert who served as a deacon in his church in Rasht, has returned to Evin Prison following a...

Iranians Unite Against Family Separation Case

October 17, 2020 — 10/17/2020 (International Christian Concern) – An open letter from dozens of Iranian lawyers and civil activists addressed to the head of the Judiciary, Ebrahim Raisi, asks for the annulment of...