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Why did a Tehran church host a memorial service for Ali Khamenei?
A memorial service for the assassinated former Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, was held in a...
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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...
Amir-Ali Minaei
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Establishing a house-church -
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3 years & 7 months -
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Denied medical care
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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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100 years since German pastor founded Iran’s first blind school
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding by a German Protestant pastor of Iran’s...
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Why has Iran named a metro station after the Virgin Mary?
At a time when systemic discrimination against Christians in Iran continues unabated, the opening of a new metro station named after Mary and adorned with Christian symbols stands as a striking contradiction.
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My name is Mohammad Hadi (Mostafa) Bordbar. I was born in 1986, in Shiraz
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