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Iranian civil society organisations need ‘sustained support’, says UN expert
The chair of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFMI) has called for...
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Imprisoned convert denied access to Bible, threatened with death for apostasy
A Christian convert serving a sentence of over nine years in Evin Prison has gone on hunger strike...
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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ENDURED IMPRISONMENT
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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Denying prisoners religious books, instruction violates rights – UN rapporteur
Providing detainees with access to their holy books and religious instruction should be considered among the “minimum standards” that States must respect in order not to violate their rights, says the UN’s Special Rapporteur on FoRB
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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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How the Islamic Republic seeks to control the narrative regarding its persecution of Christians
This analysis, by Iranian-Armenian journalist Fred Petrossian, was presented today at the 2026...
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