(RNS) — The Trump administration’s deportation of more than a hundred Iranians held in ICE custody on a flight that touched down in Tehran on Sept. 29 includes Christian converts and other religious ...

While Donald Trump admonishes Nigeria for persecuting Christians, Christian converts tell the BBC they live in fear of being ...

Three Christian converts in Iran have been sentenced to more than 40 years in prison collectively, Article18, a London-based nonprofit dedicated to protecting and promoting religious freedom in the ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran seeks regional dominance but suffers from numerous self-inflicted wounds. The dictatorial regime has fixed elections, mismanaged an economy already burdened by U.S.

In 2022, 134 Christians were arrested, and in 2024, Article 18 reports 96 Christians sentenced to 263 years in total — a ...

Iran is reported to have launched a new crackdown against Iranian Christians this month following the re-arrest of two men. According to a Feb. 10 report on the website of the U.K.-based NGO Article18 ...

The United States has been deporting Iranian Christian converts back to the Asian country despite the risk of imprisonment and ...

The arrests occurred in Tehran, Rasht, Urmia, Kermanshah, and Varamin, with a further arrest in Kerman before the conflict, UK-based non-profit Article18 claimed. Iran's Intelligence Ministry has ...

An Armenian citizen will serve 10 years in an Iranian prison after being prosecuted for alleged Christian evangelism. An Iranian judge sentenced Hakop Gochumyan to prison in February 2024 for ...

Inside Tehran’s newest metro station, Iranians who can be imprisoned for owning bibles will soon walk past a plaque that declares, “the message of Jesus Christ was the salvation of humans from ...

St. Joseph Catholic Cathedral -- Chaldean Archeparchy of Tehran. On October 5, Pope Francis announced the creation of 21 new cardinals. Among those selected for a red hat is Archbishop Dominique ...