by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Nov 2024 | News
The exiled son of the former Shah of Iran has highlighted the “widespread and rampant persecution” of Christians and other religious minorities in the Islamic Republic. In a post on X yesterday, Reza Pahlavi said his country was “once a bastion of religious liberty....
by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Nov 2024 | News
A Christian convert has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges including engaging in “propaganda” by “propagating Christianity”, an Iranian Christian news site has reported. The convert, Toomaj Aryan-Kia, was also convicted of “collaborating” with the...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 8 Nov 2024 | News
The new UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran has pledged to “examine” the impact of Iran’s restrictions on religious freedom as part of an “intersectional” approach to rights violations. In her first address to the UN...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Oct 2024 | Reports
Over five times as many Iranian Christian refugees were resettled in the United States last year than in 2020, according to a new report, but there are fears the trend may only be temporary. Two hundred and seventy-eight Iranian Christians were resettled in the 2024...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Oct 2024 | News
Over five times as many Iranian Christian refugees were resettled in the United States last year than in 2020, according to a new report, but there are fears the trend may only be temporary. Two hundred and seventy-eight Iranian Christians were resettled in the 2024...
