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Iran remained among world’s worst violators of religious freedom in 2025 – report
The Islamic Republic of Iran has once again been named among the world’s worst violators of...
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US Commission on International Religious Freedom 2026 Annual Report
The Islamic Republic of Iran has once again been named among the world’s worst violators of...
Amir-Ali Minaei
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Charge:
Establishing a house-church -
Sentence:
3 years & 7 months -
Urgent Concern:
Denied medical care
2025 INCIDENTS
Features & Analysis
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‘Persecution of church members started first week of Revolution’
As the 45th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution approaches, Article18 uses extracts from the...
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‘This church is closed due to major repairs. Please do not return’
When Iranian-American journalist Tara Jamali returned to Iran after an absence of 20 years, she was shocked to discover the church she attended as a student boarded up.
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‘When I was 13, my older brother was murdered on his way back from work’
An extract from a recent BBC recording from British-Iranian bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani, daughter of the first Persian bishop of Iran and sister of a martyr of the Iranian Church.
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Witness Statements
Alireza Aghajari
Introduction My name is Alireza Aghajari. I was born in June 1979 to a Muslim family in Shiraz and...
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