Iran News
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New wave of pressure on lawyers and civil activists in Iran; arrests, torture, and heavy sentences
In the wake of the growing wave of security and judicial clashes in Iran, new reports of the arrest of lawyers, torture of defendants in custody...
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An Iranian researcher's 15-year project to rewrite the Bible in "pure Persian"
Dr. Daniel Dana, an Iranian writer and lawyer, has announced the completion of a project in which the text of the Bible was translated into "primitive Persian"...
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New warning from "Mawlawi Abdul Hamid" about the wave of political sentences and forced confessions in Iran
"Mawlawi Abdul Hamid Esmailzahi," the Sunni Friday prayer imam of Zahedan, continues his criticism of the increasing trend of executions in Iran, calling for a halt to…
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US Embassy denies claim of 'special Pope award to Iranian ambassador'
After Iranian state media reported that the Pope had granted a "special and exclusive badge" to the Islamic Republic's ambassador...
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Historic defeat of "imposed religion" by Iraqi court, granting permission to convert to Christianity
In an unprecedented ruling, a court in Iraq has allowed a young woman who had been forcibly registered as a Muslim for years to convert to Islam.
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Europe between extremism and betrayal of Christian refugees
While Europe's Muslim population is rapidly increasing and security reports report the growth of Islamist threats...
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Suspension of "Path to Salvation"; US asylum program halt leaves Iran's religious minorities in a bind
For decades, the Lautenberg-Spectre program was a way for thousands of Christians, Jews, and Baha'is to escape religious persecution in the Islamic Republic; but now with…
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Vatican awards Ordine Piano medal to representative of government that imprisons Christians
The Vatican's award of the "Ordine Piano" to Mohammad Hossein Mokhtari, the Islamic Republic's ambassador to the Vatican, has sparked a wave of questions and...
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