Three Christians Arrested Under Iran’s Amended Penal Code

May 26, 2021 — 05/26/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Three Christian converts from Fardis were charged on May 5 under Article 500 of the Penal Code, and the first known Christians facing these...

New Iranian President Candidate Known for Death Commission

May 19, 2021 — 05/19/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Iran’s Judiciary Chief, Judge Ebrahim Raisi, declared his candidacy for the presidential election taking place next month. Raisi was appointed by the regime’s Supreme...

Armenian Cemeteries Destroyed in Iran

May 16, 2021 — 05/16/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Looters have destroyed Armenian cemeteries in Iran, seeking to find antiques and other valuables. The destruction of historical Christian sites is made worse as no...

Iranian Christian Converts Face Pressure At Home And Abroad

May 13, 2021 — 05/13/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Three new cases of persecution against Iranian Christians have been made known, two of whom face international pressures as well. 40-year-old Reza Zaeemi of Karaj...

U.S. Nearing Agreement with Iran on Reentering Nuclear Deal

May 10, 2021 — 05/10/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) - According to a report from Reuters, the United States is nearing a deal with Iranian negotiators to lift U.S. sanctions if Iran comes back...

Iranian Christians Face Continued Legal Harassment

May 5, 2021 — 05/05/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Two high-profile Christian cases have made their way to Iran’s Supreme Court while four other Christian converts were temporarily released and one more received...

Turkish-Iranian Tensions Rise in Iraq

April 26, 2021 — 04/26/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – A Turkish soldier was killed at a remote military base just outside of Mosul by a supposed Iranian-backed militia airstrike in early April. The base...

One Iranian Christian Released, 4 More Arrested

April 25, 2021 — 04/25/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Iranian Christian convert Majidreza Souzanchi was released from Greater Tehran Penitentiary on April 8, four months early from his prison sentence after testing positive for...

USCIRF Releases 2021 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom

April 21, 2021 —

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Recommends that 14 Countries be Designated as Countries of Particular Concern for Religious Freedom Violations 04/21/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) –Today, the United States Commission on International...

Iranian Convert Couple Face Prison Summons

March 23, 2021 — 03/23/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – An Iranian Christian convert couple faces summons for their prison sentences any day. Homayoun Zhaveh, age 62, and his wife Sara Ahmadi, age 42, were...

The Life of Christian Iranian Women

March 22, 2021 —

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The Islamic Republic of Iran imposes austere laws towards all women. For example, the enforcement of the...

Iran Considers Social Media National Security Threat

March 14, 2021 — 03/14/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – As the Iranian regime seeks to monitor its people, social media has been identified as a new, potential source of threat against the stability of...

State Department Blacklists Iranian Interrogators for Human Rights Violations

March 10, 2021 — 03/10/2021 United States (International Christian Concern) - Yesterday, the U.S. State Department blacklisted two members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for their involvement in “gross violations of human...

Confluence of Hope and Conflict in Iraq

March 5, 2021 — 03/05/2021 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Christians and minority communities in Iraq have struggled with returning to their homelands and finding it sustainable to do so. In a country decimated by...

Iran Updates Strict Penal Code Amidst Christian Detainments

March 4, 2021 — 03/04/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Iran recently ratified two concerning amendments to its Penal Code, specifically to Article 499 and Article 500 which are frequently utilized to accuse and arrest...

Iran Receives Archbishop After Six Year Gap

March 2, 2021 — 03/02/2021 Iran (International Christian Concern) – The Catholic Church in Iran received Fr Dominique Mathieu as Archbishop for one of the smallest Catholic communities in the world. The official Catholic Church...