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‘They beat me so much that I fell off my chair’
Alireza was a devout Muslim before converting to Christianity at the age of 25. As a boy, he even...
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Article18 statement: Protecting lives of prisoners and civilians an urgent requirement
As part of the Iranian Christian community, we express our solidarity and sympathy with the...
Amir-Ali Minaei
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Charge:
Establishing a house-church -
Sentence:
3 years & 7 months -
Urgent Concern:
Denied medical care
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Yasser Akbari
Mehdi Akbari, who is known as Yasser, was given a 10-year prison sentence in October 2020 for “acting against national security by forming a house-church”. He was released from prison in September 2024 after his sentence was reduced to four years and five months.
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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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Iran ‘election’: When minorities become ‘citizens’ for a few days
Iran’s hand-picked presidential candidates have used some nice phrases in recent weeks about the rights and “dignity” of the people of Iran in general, and women and minorities in particular, but they have lacked any substance.
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Mostafa Bordbar
My name is Mohammad Hadi (Mostafa) Bordbar. I was born in 1986, in Shiraz
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