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...

Iranian-Backed Militias Displace Iraqi Christians From Their Homes

February 9, 2016 — ICC Note: Iranian militias, who claim to be fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria, are instead, targeting Iraqi Christians and forcibly removing them from their homes. Iraqi Christians have experienced...

Vatican Pleas for Syria Talks to Remember Christians

January 28, 2016 — ICC Note: As the UN Envoy to Syria prepares for the beginning of peace talks, the Christian community is praying for the eliminationism campaign against Christians and minorities to be addressed...

Pastor Saeed Abedini Reveals the ‘Hardest Thing’ He Faced While Detained in Iran

January 28, 2016 — ICC Note: Pastor Saeed, finally in the US with his family, revealed that the 'hardest thing' he faced in Iranian prison was the months and months of solitary confinement with...

Pastor Saeed Abedini and Three Other Americans Released from Iranian Prison

January 20, 2016 — 01/19/2016 - Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – UPDATE - US citizen and Christian pastor Saeed Abedini, was freed late Friday night after the United States and Iran announced a prisoner swap in...

Pastor Saeed Abedini Freed From Prison in Iran Along with Three Other Americans

January 16, 2016 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE American Pastor Saeed Abedini was among four Americans released by Iranian officials at the same time as sanctions were released as part of the nuclear agreement 01/16/2016...

2015 Was the Worst Year for Christian Persecution

January 15, 2016 — ICC Note: Christian persecution in Libya has risen significantly with the rise in extremist violence over the past two years with include ISIS influence. Remaining among the most dangerous and...

Iran: Christian Prisoner Faces New Charges

January 14, 2016 — ICC Note: In the same week Iran is granted sanctions relief under the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, an Iranian Christian, who was imprisoned after converting to Christianity, was sentenced to...

Iran Moves to Convert Confiscated Church Ground into Mosque

January 6, 2016 — ICC Note: An Assyrian Christian owned property that has been seized by the Iranian government is now likely to be converted into a mosque in Tehran. Traditionally, Iran has been...