Mar 22, 2023
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...
Mar 6, 2023
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...
Feb 28, 2023
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...
Feb 16, 2023
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...
Feb 9, 2023
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...