3 Iranian Christians Receive Severe Prison Sentences

March 20, 2025 — 3/20/2025 Iran (International Christian Concern) — As extreme Christian persecution continues in Iran, three Christian converts in the nation received a combined total of nearly 42 years in prison on...

Two Christian Men Rearrested in Iran

March 7, 2025 — 3/7/2025 Iran (International Christian Concern) — Iranian authorities rearrested two Christian men, Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh in Parand and Joseph Shahbazian in Tehran, at their respective homes on Feb. 6, and...

Christian Woman Arrested in Iran After Police Raid Christian Gathering

February 26, 2025 — 2/26/2025 Iran (International Christian Concern) — Iranian authorities raided a gathering of roughly 80 Christian converts on Feb. 6 in northern Iran, and arrested Somayeh Rajabi, according to a report from...

Deported Persecuted Christians Expected to Face Persecution Yet Again

February 25, 2025 — 2/25/2025 Panama (International Christian Concern) — Among those deported from the United States to Panama for eventual return to their home countries are several converts to Christianity facing severe persecution...

Crude Consequences: The Hidden Cost of U.S. Oil Imports from Persecuting Nations

January 2, 2025 — 01/02/2025 Middle East (International Christian Concern) – Eight of the 12 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) actively participate in or condone Christian persecution within their...

Christians Fleeing Iran Struggle to Prove their Faith in Nearby Georgia

December 6, 2024 — 12/6/2024 Georgia (International Christian Concern) — After becoming a Christian, Jalal Darzi experienced persecution and was forced to flee Iran. Now he’s having trouble obtaining asylum in nearby Georgia because...

Iranian Pastor Released from Prison Following International Outcry

November 8, 2024 — 11/8/2024 Iran (International Christian Concern) — After serving more than one year of his 10-year prison sentence, an Armenian-Iranian pastor recently gained freedom from Tehran’s Evin Prison following public outcry....

China Pledges Support for Iran

October 25, 2024 — 10/25/2024 China (International Christian Concern) — Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged steadfast support for Iran on Wednesday during the annual BRICS summit in Russia, the Chinese news outlet Xinhua reported. ...

Report Shows Christian Persecution Worsening Worldwide

October 24, 2024 — 10/24/2024 United Kingdom (International Christian Concern) — A report released on Tuesday shows that Christians around the world are enduring increased levels of violence, discrimination, and other human rights abuses....

Iran: Where Oppression Helps the Church Grow

October 18, 2024 — 10/18/2024 Iran (International Christian Concern) — Decades of fierce government oppression have failed to eradicate the church in Iran. Introduced in 1979 after a bloody revolution, the modern-day theocracy ruling...

Technology Can Help Persecuted Christians

August 27, 2024 — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow Technology, just like money, is a tool that can be used for good or evil. We know that technology has increased persecution.(1) It also has profoundly...

Middle East Christians Prepare for a Possible New Conflict

August 16, 2024 — 8/16/2024 Middle East (International Christian Concern) — As religious tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate and Israel’s war with Hamas rages on, Christians caught in the middle are...

Encountering ‘Keyboard Jihadis’ in an Interconnected World

August 7, 2024 — 8/7/2024 (International Christian Concern) — Hostile face-to-face encounters naturally pose more of an immediate threat than online encounters. However, hostility expressed online can still cause emotional distress, and it can...

Christian Suffering Likely to Continue Under Iran’s New President

July 29, 2024 — 7/29/2024 Iran (International Christian Concern) — The election of Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, in early July, brings little hope for Christians living under the new regime due to the...

Armenian Christian Sentenced to 10 Years in Iranian Prison

June 20, 2024 — 6/20/2024 Iran (International Christian Concern) — After losing a court appeal in early June, Armenian Hakop Gochymayan received a 10-year prison sentence for allegedly participating in Christian activities in Iran. ...

Iranians in Shock Following Deaths of President, Foreign Minister

May 24, 2024 — 5/24/2024 Iran (International Christian Concern) — Iran is in shock following the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who perished in a helicopter crash on Sunday,...