Annual Report: Rights Violations Against Christians in Iran

Annual Report: Rights Violations Against Christians in Iran

Middle East Concern, in collaboration with Open Doors International, Article 18 and CSW has released the 2023 annual report on violations of the rights of Christians in Iran. Iranian Christians, along with other religious minorities, continued to suffer multiple...
Iran: Another Christian convert pardoned and released 

Iran: Another Christian convert pardoned and released 

On 4 March Milad Goodarzi was released from Karaj Central Prison. He is the seventh Christian convert known to have benefited from the general amnesty granted to prisoners for the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. In June 2021, Milad and two other converts...
Iran: Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani released 

Iran: Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani released 

On 26 February Yousef Nadarkhani was released from prison, as part of a general amnesty in honour of the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. This follows the release of Zaman (Saheb) Fadaei and Hadi (Moslem) Rahimi earlier this month. Yousef received...
Iran: Another Christian convert released from prison

Iran: Another Christian convert released from prison

On 15 February Christian convert Hadi (Moslem) Rahimi (33) was released from Evin Prison. This follows the release of Zaman (Saheb) Fadaei on 8 February. Both converts were pardoned as part of an amnesty for the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution on 11...
Iran: Christian convert released from prison

Iran: Christian convert released from prison

On 8 February Zaman (Saheb) Fadaei was released from Evin Prison as part of a general pardon approved by Supreme Leader Khamenei in honour of the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. IRNA, the state news agency, announced that “tens of thousands” of prisoners...