Iran Responds to Global Outcry over Removed Cross

July 13, 2019 — 07/13/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – The cross of an Assyrian Presbyterian Church in the northwest city of Tabriz was replaced on July 9th following an international outcry. In May,...

Iran Violently Arrests 8 Christians

July 5, 2019 — 07/05/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Eight Iranian Christians living in the Persian Gulf city of Bushehr were arrested after Ministry of Intelligence agents raided their homes and confiscated all...

Iran Denies Existence of Political Prisoners

July 4, 2019 — 07/04/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – A spokesperson for Iran’s Judiciary, Gholamhossein Esmaili, appeared on state television to provide an official statement about the recent death of an incarcerated political...

ICC Hosts Advocacy Event on Capitol Hill

June 28, 2019 —

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06/28/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) held its largest-ever Policy Day last month on Capitol Hill. Members of the House and Senate...

Ramadan in the Middle East: 2019 Report

June 25, 2019 —

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06/25/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The Islamic holy month of Ramadan is a tense time in the...

Senior Official in Iran Questions Church Closure

June 22, 2019 — 06/22/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Aliakbar Gorji Azandaryani, a senior legal advisor to Iran’s President Rouhani, is publically questioning two recent incidents taken by the regime which further persecute...

From Persecutor to Proponent: Part 2

June 17, 2019 — In case you missed it, you can read Part 1 here. 06/17/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Amir would often let others choose their cities first, then volunteer for the...

From Persecutor to Proponent: Part 1

June 16, 2019 — 06/16/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Amir began his career as a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), a vast intelligence network tasked with protecting Iran’s Islamic identity. He...

O Big Brother, Where Art Thou: Iranian Human Rights and the Women of White Wednesday

June 15, 2019 — By Colton Grellier It’s nothing new for totalitarian regimes to recruit their people to spy on each other. In the modern era, the French Revolutionary government eagerly accepted gossip...

Iran Sends Morality Police to Hard-Hit Christian Province

June 11, 2019 — 06/11/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Counter hijab protests are increasingly common in Iran, leading the government to pilot a new morality police program in Gilan Province. The program includes...

Iranian Official Imprisoned for Backing Religious Minorities

June 9, 2019 — 06/09/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – A local councilor in Shiraz, a city in Southern Iran, was sentenced to one-year imprisonment after publicly expressing empathy for imprisoned religious minorities. The...

Iran Bans Religious Minority Teachers from Kindergarten

June 4, 2019 — 06/04/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Contrary to Iran’s own laws, the country’s Organization of Welfare has issued a ban forbidding religious minorities from teaching in kindergarten due to a...

Public Denigration of Iranian Christians Increases

May 28, 2019 — 05/28/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Just weeks after Iran’s Intelligence Minister voiced concerns about the growth of Christianity and focused “blame” on the clergy class, a member of Iran’s...

Iran Removes Cross from Recognized Church

May 26, 2019 — 05/26/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Iranian Intelligence agents, along with EIKO officials directly under the control of the Supreme Leader, raided an Assyrian Presbyterian Church in the northwestern city...

Iran Upholds Sentence of Two Christian Converts

May 21, 2019 — 05/21/2019 Iran (International Christian Concern) – An appeal court believed to be under the leadership of Judge Zargar has rejected the appeal of two Christian converts. Saheb Fadaei and Fatimeh Bakhteri...

A Glimpse of Iran’s “Justice” System

May 10, 2019 — 05/11/2019 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – She was dying of cancer, her eyesight was fading, and her heart was broken. Kobra had not seen her son for over a year;...