The thinning oxygen in the atmosphere for Iran’s religious minorities came to light Friday with the State Department’s release of its 2018 Report on International Religious Freedom, which detailed the level of suppression suffered by Christians and Baha’i under the Ayatollahs.
...continue reading this storyChristians in Iraq are struggling to reclaim their ancestral territory, according to a new report by International Christian Concern (ICC).
...continue reading this storyTwo Christians in the northern Iranian city of Rasht had their sentences upheld after losing their cases in an Iranian court of appeals.
...continue reading this storyFour U.N. human rights experts have issued a joint statement, urging Iran to ensure 'a fair and transparent final hearing' at the country's Revolutionary Court for three Iranian Christians who have been sentenced for 'conducting evangelism' and 'illegal house church activities,' among other charges.
...continue reading this storyTwo Iranian Christians were sentenced to a total of eight years in prison by a revolutionary court in December 2017, after being convicted of national security-related crimes.
...continue reading this storyAn Iranian convert to Christianity has had his 10-year prison sentence upheld after losing his appeal.
...continue reading this storyThe situation of a newly converted Christian couple who were summoned to the intelligence office of the Revolutionary Guards Corps in Tehran on September 11 and arrested after interrogation is still unclear.
...continue reading this storyA Christian convert from Islam has been released from prison in Iran where she had been held for four years.
...continue reading this storyA judge in Iran has sentenced four Christians to 10 years imprisonment each for engaging in missionary activities and “conducting activities against national security.”
...continue reading this storyWhen we think of Iran, scenes of mobs shouting "death to America," blindfolded hostages, and radical leaders demanding nuclear technology come to mind. But there's another side of the country: Iranians who love America, Israel, and Jesus Christ.
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