The (Not So) Secret Discrimination of Christians in Islamic-led Countries

June 6, 2025 — 6/6/2025 Middle East/Asia (International Christian Concern) — Brunei, Iran, and Yemen, among others, follow Sharia law, a legislative system that governs citizens using various interpretations of Islamic criteria. In Pakistan...

Persecuted Communities Worldwide Face New Restrictions from the US

June 5, 2025 — 6/5/2025 United States (International Christian Concern) — An executive order announced this week introduced near-total restrictions on travel to the U.S. by citizens of 12 countries, including Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iran,...

Armenian Christian Pens Letter Detailing Abuses while Imprisoned in Iran

May 23, 2025 — 5/23/2025 Iran (International Christian Concern) — Hakop Gochumyan, an Armenian Christian arrested in Iran in 2023 for his Christian faith, recently sent a letter to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) detailing...

ICC Releases Emergency Petition to Help Iranian Christians Seeking Asylum

May 20, 2025 — 5/20/2025 United States (International Christian Concern) — Artemis Ghasemzadeh, an Iranian-Christian convert who fled persecution in Iran, has less than three weeks to find a country that will grant her asylum....

Bill Inspired by Iranian Christian Refugee Introduced in Congress

May 20, 2025 — 5/20/2025 United States (International Christian Concern) — A new bill inspired by the story of Artemis Ghasemzadeh, a 27-year-old Iranian-Christian convert deported four months ago by the Trump administration, was...

U.S. Lifts Sanctions on Syria Despite Uncertain Future for Human Rights

May 15, 2025 — 5/15/2025 Syria (International Christian Concern) — On the sidelines of a trip to the Middle East this week, U.S. President Donald Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi...

Iranian Christian Refugee in Panama Faces Deadline to Find Asylum

May 13, 2025 — 5/13/2025 Panama (International Christian Concern) — After spending three months in Panama, a 27-year-old Iranian woman is still praying and searching for a safe country to accept her. And her...

Faces of the Persecuted | Yasmin

May 12, 2025 — Throughout the month of May, you will come face to face with the reality of persecution through the stories of seven courageous believers ICC helped rescue. They are not just...

Global Executions on the Rise in a Trend Led by the World’s Top Persecutors

May 9, 2025 — 5/9/2025 United States (International Christian Concern) — Amnesty International, a human rights watchdog group, last month released its annual report on global executions. The report documented 1,518 executions in 2024...

Turkey Suspected in Drone Strike Violation of Ceasefire in Northern Syria

April 30, 2025 — 4/29/2025 Syria (International Christian Concern) — Speaking next to a small, still-smoking crater in the ground, David Eubank of Free Burma Rangers recorded a video this weekend documenting a suspected...

Saudi Arabia Increases Engagement with Syria

April 15, 2025 — 4/15/2025 Syria (International Christian Concern) — Saudi Arabia plans to pay off Syria’s debts to the World Bank in a move that signals a new level of engagement and support...

Sweet Redemption: Restoring a Family’s Livelihood

April 10, 2025 — 04/10/2025 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – Nadia, her husband, and their three children were driven from their homes when the Islamic State group (ISIS) swept through Iraq in 2014 —...

The Brutal Persecution of Iranian Christians is Growing

April 9, 2025 — 4/9/2025 Iran (International Christian Concern) — Iran’s repressive regime executed more than 900 people in 2024 and handed down “scores of death sentences for religious-based charges,” according to a March...

Online Jesus Film Reaches Persecuted Nations in Southeast Asia and Beyond

March 27, 2025 — 3/26/2025 Southeast Asia (International Christian Concern) – Revelation Media announced the results from its six-month campaign where it intentionally and strategically targeted spreading its Real Story of Jesus short film...

Iranian Christians in Legal Limbo After Deportation to Panama

March 25, 2025 — 3/25/2025 Panama (International Christian Concern) — A group of Iranian Christians has been given 30 days to leave Panama, where they were sent last month after seeking asylum in the...

The Fate of Artsakh and Nakhchivan is a Cautionary Tale of Illusory Promises

March 21, 2025 — 3/21/2025 Armenia (International Christian Concern) — Azerbaijan has systematically destroyed the ancient Christian heritage of the historic Armenian lands of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Nakhchivan. Despite the plethora of international...