Christianity
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50-year prison sentences for five Iranian Christian citizens confirmed
A Christian couple who were sentenced to a total of 15 years in prison by the Revolutionary Court were released before their execution.
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Bail set at 3 billion Tomans for the release of Joseph Shahbazian, leader of the house church
The court has ordered the temporary release of Joseph Shahbazian, a former member of the Congregational Church of Tehran and leader of a house church, who was arrested three weeks ago…
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Continued repression of religious freedoms in Iran; arrest of a group of Christian converts in three Iranian cities
In recent days, at least 12 Christian citizens have been arrested in the cities of Tehran, Karaj, and Malayer after security forces raided their homes…
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A Christian convert: The Islamic Republic seeks double persecution by issuing a deportation order
Ibrahim Firoozi, a Christian convert who spent his exile in the city of Rask, a district of Sarbaz County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province…
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Continued repression of religious freedoms in Iran; Four Christian converts summoned to Evin Prison to serve prison sentences
Hossein Kadivar, Khalil Dehghanpour, Kamal Nomaniyan, and Mohammad Vafadar, four Christian converts who were previously sentenced by the Revolutionary Court to…
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260 million Christians were persecuted and killed worldwide last year
According to a report by a charity organization, over the past year, approximately 260 million Christians around the world have been persecuted…
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January 2019 protests: Continued arrests and lack of information about the status of Mari Mohammadi
Two weeks have passed since the arrest of former political prisoner Fatemeh (Marie) Mohammadi, and despite repeated requests for information about her fate, there has been no news…
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A Christian convert was sentenced to 3 years in prison.
Esmael Maghrebnejad, a Christian convert living in Shiraz who was arrested by security forces in early February of last year, was…
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