Iran: Two Christians Released and One Still in Detention

June 1, 2016 — ICC Note: On May 13, five Christians were arrested in a series of house raids in Rasht, Iran. Two were released the same day, while the remaining three faced exorbitant...

Female Christian Prisoner Goes on Hunger Strike as Authorities Refuse Her Medical Care

May 31, 2016 — ICC Note: Iranian Christian prisoner, Maryam Zargaran has gone on a hunger strike after prison authorities refused to provider her with proper medical attention. Maryam has needed consistent and intensive...

Iran Exorbitant Bail Set For Imprisoned Christians

May 25, 2016 — ICC Note:The three Christians arrested alongside Pastor Nadarkhani in Iran are still awaiting release from Lakan Prison. The bails set for the men have a pending payment assigned of 100,000,000...

Female Christian Prisoner Faces Health Issues in Iranian Prison

May 23, 2016 — ICC Note: Christian prisoner, Maryam Zargaran, is suffering from vast physical ailments in her Iranian cell, while the prison officials refuse to provide her with proper medical care. Maryam is...

USCIRF: Violations on religious freedom in Iran increasing

May 18, 2016 — ICC Note: The latest report for USCIRF has identified Iran as a country seeing continuing and growing violations against religious minorities, including Christians, Baha'is and Sunni Muslims. The systematic violations...

Iranian church pastor released from detention; three church members still held

May 16, 2016 — ICC Note: Iranian pastor, Youcef Nadarkahani, and his wife have been released from custody after being arrested last week during a house raid. CSW reported that 10 Christian homes were...

Iran Religious Persecution Increasing Despite Nuclear Deal, USCIRF Reports

May 5, 2016 — ICC Note: USCIRF has released new information showing that despite the nuclear deal with Iran, religious minorities continue to suffer an increased degree of persecution in the country. Christians, Baha'is...

Iran Launches Undercover Morality Unit

April 28, 2016 — ICC Note: A new Iranian undercover morality unit has been launched to ensure proper behavior of its citizens. Being an Islamic Nation, this could be disastrous for religious minorities living...

Sweden Can’t Deport Christian Convert Back to Iran

April 21, 2016 — ICC Note: Deportation is no longer an option for Sweden regarding one Iranian Christian convert, identified by the initials F.G. While the Scandanavian nation has been tightening its asylum process...

Iran’s Ayatollah: Missile Program Trumps Talk

March 30, 2016 — ICC Note: The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declared on March 29 that his country would continue with its missile program rather than diplomatic relations in spite of...

Why Obama’s Nuclear Deal with Iran Has Not Stopped Persecution of Minorities

March 8, 2016 — ICC Note: During the debates regarding the controversial Iran Nuclear Deal in Washington (called the "Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" or JCPOA), the Obama Administration and its allies in Congress...

No Transparency for the Alleged “Reformist” Victory in Iran

March 5, 2016 — ICC Note: There have been many accolades directed to Iran in the most recent round of elections due to the alleged election of reformers who were voted in to counter...

Bombed, Burned, and Urinated On: Christianity & Churches Under Islam

March 3, 2016 — ICC Note: By Emma Lane, Regional Manager for the Middle East: In a brilliant piece from the Gates Institute Website, scholar, Raymond Ibrahim made a very brief chronicling of Muslim Persecution of...

Four Iranian Christians Receive Prison Sentence-After Being Beaten for their Faith by Police in Public Park

March 2, 2016 — ICC Note: ICC's partner in Iran reported that the four Christians in Iran that were arrested in January and beaten publicly during a picnic in Southern Iran have been sentenced...

Severe Persecution in Iran Against former Muslims that Voluntarily Convert to Christianity

February 21, 2016 — ICC Note: At a global gathering in Rome, a Texas Professor explained the harsh persecution faced by Muslim-born converts to Christianity. Namely, he focused on the situation against such believers...

In Iran, Elections Rigged to Preclude Any Democratic Reforms

February 10, 2016 — ICC Note: Of the 3000 democratic reformist politicians that sought political office in Iran for this year's elections, 99% were disqualified in the first vetting. Even prominent religious leaders in...