Nineveh Plains Transitional Justice Report: 2019 in ReviewJanuary 2, 2020 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Claire Evans" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1577994345045{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="99674" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 01/02/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The year 2019 brought mixed outcomes for Iraq’s Nineveh...
Jail Sentences Begin for 3 Iranian ChristiansJanuary 2, 2020 — 01/02/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Three Iranian Christian converts have begun serving six-month jail sentences in Eqlid Prison (Fars Province), according to Article 18. They were originally arrested alongside...
Militias Lay Siege to US Embassy in IraqJanuary 1, 2020 — 01/01/2020 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – In what many are labeling as one of the most significant openings of the new decade for the Middle East region, Iranian backed militias...
Iran Cancels Armenian Christmas MarketDecember 30, 2019 — 12/30/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Iran's Armenian community has expressed frustration at the decision of Tehran's Ararat Club to cancel an annual Christmas market to greet the New Year....
Iran Takes Aim at Iraqi Christians on TVDecember 29, 2019 — 12/29/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Even as Iranian State media runs a propaganda campaign congratulating Christians for the Christmas season, at least one Iranian backed channel elsewhere in the...
Iranian Christian Activist Expelled from UniversityDecember 26, 2019 — 12/26/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Tehran University has expelled a young Christian woman activist without explanation. Fatemeh Mohammadi, a Christian convert who also goes by the name Mary, announced...
UN Condemns Iran’s Protest ResponseDecember 20, 2019 — 12/20/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – The General Assembly of the United Nations passed a resolution on Wednesday which urged Iran to release all those detained for participating in the...
US Sanctions Iranian Judge Complicit in Christian PersecutionDecember 19, 2019 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"] Sanctions Send a Message of Hope to Iran’s Christian Community 12/19/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on December 19,...
Iran Prepares 2020 Budget of PerseveranceDecember 18, 2019 — 12/18/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has submitted a “budget of resistance and perseverance” totaling $43 billion to parliament for approval for the fiscal year 2020....
Iran Attempts to Justify CrackdownDecember 16, 2019 — 12/16/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – A report released today by Amnesty International details how thousands of Iranians have been detained by the government as part of a harsh post-protest...
Iran Reports Arrest of Christian EvangelistDecember 11, 2019 — 12/11/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Iranian media is reporting the arrest of an unnamed Christian near the Azerbaijan border. Very little information about the arrested individual is shared. However,...
Iran Protests Continue Shaking RegimeDecember 8, 2019 — 12/08/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Three weeks after protests erupted in Iran, the ruling government is struggling with containment and public perception of the regime. The protests began because...
Imprisoned Christian Denied Medical CareDecember 4, 2019 — 12/04/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – A seriously ill Iranian Christian convert currently serving a 10-year prison sentence for his faith is being denied medical care by officials at Evin...
Iran Jails Lawyer Who Helped ChristiansNovember 22, 2019 — 11/22/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – A newly emerging trend within Iran is the targeting of Muslim family members of Christians and the lawyers who defend them in court cases....
Christian Killed During Iranian ProtestsNovember 21, 2019 — 11/21/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – An Iranian Christian was reportedly killed on Sunday in Fardis while participating in the protests which erupted recently across the country. Ashur Kalta was...
Global Blasphemy Laws Come Under Increased ScrutinyNovember 18, 2019 — By guest contributor Peyton Millea According to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom’s 2018 report, seventy countries around the world have blasphemy, heresy, and apostasy laws. These laws punish...
