Iranian Christian Receives 80 Lashes

October 15, 2020 — 10/15/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Yesterday, Iranian Christian convert Mohammadreza Omidi (Youhan) received 80 lashes after receiving a summons on Saturday from his home town authorities in Rashit for...

PMF Issues Veiled Displacement Threat

October 7, 2020 — 10/07/2020 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Following last Wednesday’s incident where six rockets were launched from the border of Bartella towards Erbil, the 30th Brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces...

Iran Increases Security Presence

October 4, 2020 — 10/04/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Reports indicate that new Iranian Basij patrol teams have deployed as part of an expanding neighborhood security strategy which increases surveillance capabilities. Meanwhile, the...

New Charge Dropped Against Iranian Convert

October 2, 2020 — 10/02/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Ibrahim Firouzi, an Iranian Christian convert currently serving a multi-year sentence of exile in the city of Sarbaz, has had a new charge against...

Religious Minorities Targeted by Iranian Hackers

September 27, 2020 — 09/27/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – A report published by a cyber-threat investigative organization, Check Point Research, found that religious minorities were among those most heavily targeted by Iranian government...

Iran Compels Family Separation for Christians

September 25, 2020 — 09/25/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – An Iranian Christian convert couple arrested this past July have lost their appeal to retain custody of their adopted daughter, who is just over...

Iran Showcases Conflicting Standards on Religion

September 22, 2020 — 09/22/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Today marks the anniversary of Iraq’s invasion of Iran in 1980, an event which Iran is intending to use to showcase their so-called religious...

False Hope for Iran

September 18, 2020 —

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09/18/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – When COVID-19 struck the Middle East, Iran felt its...

3 Iranian Christians Flee the Country

September 12, 2020 — 09/13/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Three Iranian Christian converts have fled Iran following the rejection of their appeals. Kvian Fallah-Mohammadi, Hadi Asgari, and Amin Afshar-Naderi were facing a combined...

Internal Exile for Iranian Christian

September 7, 2020 — 09/07/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Three weeks ago, Iranian Christian convert Mohammadreza Omidi (Youhan) was released from prison after completing a reduced 24-month sentence. At the time, it was...

Two Iranian Christian Converts Arrested

September 2, 2020 — 09/02/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Persian news reports that two Christian converts living in the Iranian city of Sardasht have been arrested and taken to an unknown location. Details...

Iranian-Armenian Christian Finally Released on Bail

August 30, 2020 — 08/30/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – An Iranian-Armenian Christian house church leader, Joseph Shahbazian, was finally released on a slightly reduced bail nearly two months after his detainment. The authorities...

Iranian Christian Remains Imprisoned

August 25, 2020 — 08/25/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Seven weeks after his arrest, the family of an Armenian house church leader have been able to visit him. Joseph Shahbazian was arrested as...

Iranian Christian Finishes 24-Month Prison Sentence

August 22, 2020 — 08/22/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – On Tuesday, Iranian Christian convert Mohammadreza Omidi (Youhan) was released from prison after completing a reduced 24-month sentence. He was convicted for “acting against...

Iranian Christian Couple Flees Country After Losing Appeal

August 19, 2020 —

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Elderly Couple Flees Iran to Protect Their Health 08/19/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on August 15, 2020, Iranian-Assyrian...

Appeal Lost for Iranian Christian Couple

August 17, 2020 — 08/17/2020 Iran (International Christian Concern) – An Iranian couple in their 60s has lost their appeal regarding 5 and 10-year jail sentences which were issued because of their Christian faith....