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UN rapporteurs condemn confiscation of Tehran church, eviction of residents
The UN’s special rapporteurs (SRs) on freedom of religion or belief and human rights in Iran have...
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Christian TV stations included on Ministry of Intelligence list of ‘hostile’ entities
The Ministry of Intelligence has included Christian satellite TV stations on a newly publicised...
Aida Najaflou
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Charge:
Propaganda (Article 500), gathering and collusion, insulting the Supreme Leader -
Sentence:
17 years in prison -
Urgent Concern:
Denied medical care; rheumatoid arthritis and spinal injury risk
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Ghazal Marzban
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Charge:
“Propaganda against the state” + “gathering and collusion against national security” -
Sentence:
9 Years 8 Months -
Held At:
Evin Prison
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Hakop Gochumyan
Armenian citizen Hakop Gochumyan is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Evin Prison for “engaging in deviant proselytising activity that contradicts the sacred law of Islam” through alleged membership and leadership of “a network of evangelical Christianity”.
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The Seed of The Sacred Fig gives terrifying glimpse of what persecuted Christians face
The types of psychological – and in some instances physical – torture shown in The Seed of the Sacred Fig mirror the testimonies of the dozens of Christians interviewed by Article18 in recent years.
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How have Iranian Christians reacted to the war?
An exchange between a British-Iranian bishop and a group of Iranian Christians in the UK has shed...
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