IRAN – Iranian Cleric Warns Against Spread of Christianity
International Christian Concern | Feb. 24, 2019 Iranian cleric Hujjat al-Islam Naser Rafiei delivered a speech in Qom (home to the largest Islamic seminary in Iran) which warned against the…
IRAN – Iranian Christians refuse to renounce Christian faith in exchange for freedom from prison
The Christian Post | Jan. 19, 2019 Two Iranian Christians at their final appeal hearing were ordered by a court to renounce their Christian faith to gain their freedom but…
IRAN – Iran Increased Persecution of Christian Minority at Christmas Time
The Tower | Jan. 14, 2019 The Islamic Republic of Iran has launched a brutal crackdown on the country’s Christian minority before and after Christmas, Benjamin Weinthal, a research fellow…
IRAN – Nine Evangelical Christians Reported Arrested During Christmas Week In Iran
Radio Farda | Dec. 30, 2018 Tasnim news agency connected with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards reported on Sunday that nine evangelical Christians have been arrested in recent days in Alborz province,…
IRAN – Iranian Christian Couple Arrested in Front of Daughter
International Christian Concern | Dec. 20, 2018 Amir Taleipour and his wife Mahnaz Harati were arrested during a raid on their home in the city of Mashhad by Iranian intelligence…
IRAN – Disappeared Iranian Christian Found in Prison
International Christian Concern | Dec. 18, 2018 The fate of an Iranian Christian who disappeared during a massive crackdown by the authorities on the church has finally been revealed after…
IRAN – Iran: Four Christian Converts Detained
Middle East Concern | Dec. 17, 2018 About thirteen plain-clothed Revolutionary Guards conducted raids on four homes on the morning of 2 December, arresting Shima Zanganeh (27), Shokoofeh Zanganeh (30),…
IRAN – Iranian Christians Assaulted and Disappeared
International Christian Concern | Dec. 17, 2018 Earlier this month, Iranian media announced a widespread detainment of Christians across the country. ICC reported how over 100 Christians were detained by the Iranian…
IRAN – Iran: ‘staggering’ number of Christians arrested – 114 in a week
World Watch Monitor | Dec. 5, 2018 Over 100 Christians have been arrested in Iran in the past week and nearly 150 in the past month, as part of the…
IRAN – Iranian Christian Prisoner Denied Right to See Dying Mother
International Christian Concern | Dec. 5, 2018 Ebrahim Firouzi is an Iranian Christian convert who has been detained in prison since 2013. His mother, Kobra Kamrani, passed away from cancer…
IRAN – Group of Christians Arrested in Iran
International Christian Concern | Dec. 4, 2018 Mehr News Agency, which is a semi-official mouthpiece of the Iranian Regime, announced in an exclusive report on Saturday that a group of…
WESTERN NATIONS – Western Countries are not doing enough to Stop Global Surge in Violence Against Religious Minorities
Christian Today | Nov. 22, 2018 Western nations are failing to help the world's religious minorities as they grapple with a surge in violent attacks and intimidation, a new report…
IRAN – Two Iranian Converts Arrested and Taken to Unknown Locations
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 21, 2018 Two Iranian Christian converts have been taken by Iran’s security agents from the houses they were staying in Karaj and Mashhad on Friday,…
IRAN – .Iranian Intelligence Intercepts Christians
International Christian Concern | Nov. 19, 2018 Middle East Concern reports that last week two Iranian Christian converts from Karaj, which is just northwest of Tehran, were prevented from meeting…
IRAN – Persecution and Grace Fill Iran’s Streets
International Christian Concern | Nov. 14, 2018 The massive waves of unrest which have plagued Iran this past year point toward the people’s frustration with the moral and economic bankruptcy…
IRAN – Iranian Clerics Single Out Evangelical Christianity
International Christian Concern | Nov. 12, 2018 Mohabat News reports, that inside Iran, fresh media attacks singling out evangelical Christianity have been on the rise. This latest wave is because…
IRAN – Iranian Authorities Deny Imprisoned Christian Medical Care
International Christian Concern - Oct. 24, 2018 According to Mohabat News and the Iran Human Rights Monitor, authorities have continued to deny imprisoned Christian Ebrahim Firouzi medical care. For months,…
INTERNATIONAL – “It Is the Quran That Must Be Read” Extremist Persecution of Christians, May 2018
Gatestone Institute | Oct. 21, 2018 "Churches and individual Christians have faced increased restrictions in recent months, raising concerns that these pressures signal a coordinated campaign of intensified action against…
IRAN – Iran’s Idea of ‘Human Rights’: Persecute Christians
Raymond Ibrahim | Oct. 9, 2018 In his recent speech before the United Nations, and as a way to support his claim that Israel is “a rogue and racist regime [that] trample[s]…
IRAN – Iranian Christians sentenced, Verdict says ‘Claiming Jesus is Lord is Attack Against Islam’
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 2, 2018 Two Iranian Christians have been given prison sentences for “spreading propaganda against the regime”, reports Middle East Concern. Saheb Fadaei and Fatimeh Bakhteri, who…
IRAN – Four Christians in Iran Appeal Prison Sentences For Alleged Missionary Activities
AINA | Aug. 30, 2018 Four Christians in Iran, including two converts, have appealed their prison sentences for alleged missionary activities, arguing that they're innocent of the charges. "It is…
IRAN – ‘How can reading the Bible be acting against national security?’ asks Iranian Christian from prison
World Watch Monitor | Aug. 9, 2018 Naser Navard Gol-Tapeh’s letter Thanks be to God, who in His wonderful mercy calls us to a new life in Jesus Christ for…
IRAN – Christians in Iran Seized from Homes, including Violent Imprisonment of Pastor
MORNINGSTAR NEWS | 072518 (Morning Star News) – Three Christians in Iran were arrested from their homes today and yesterday following the violent arrest of pastor Yousef Nadarkhani on…
IRAN – Woman receives 20-year sentence for protesting Islam
Glasov Gang | 071318 Jamie Glasov asks who will stand for the women and girls suffering under Islamic regimes like Iran. He puts the spotlight on an activist known to…
IRAN – Church of England bishops join in condemnation of Tehran
The Tablet | 062218 'The regime has been..criticised by international human rights organisations for its appalling human rights record' In an initiative promoted by the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord…
IRAN – Four Iranian Christians set to begin ten-year prison sentences
World Watch Monitor | 060818 The four Iranian Christians who saw their ten-year prison sentences upheld by an appeal court earlier this month are expecting to have to report to…
IRAQ – A Mostly Non-Christian Militia Won 2 Of Iraqi Christians’ Parliamentary Seats, Now Christians Want Trump To Intervene
The Babylon Brigade is led by a Christian but is tied to the brutal Iranian-backed Muslim paramilitary Badr Organization. Huffington Post |052318 WASHINGTON ― A mostly non-Christian militia linked to…