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Article18

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Promoting religious freedom & supporting #Iran’s persecuted #Christians through documentation, advocacy, raising awareness, support, assistance.#FoRB #Article18

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Mar 17
The scapegoating of #Christians in #Iran is the focus of our 2026 annual report. Nearly twice as many were arrested in 2025 than in 2024, and more than twice as many were imprisoned. Sentences also got harsher: Christians received a total of 280 years in prison sentences, and
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Aug 22, 2024
صفحه ویژه «جنایت در نام خدا» بازخوانی قتل کشیش‌های مسیحی در دهه نود میلادی منصور برجی نه مرعوب تهدید حکومت شدند نه تسلیم دستوراتش، نه از زندان هراسیدند نه از مرگ، در کلام و در عمل مقاومت کردند و از آزادی دین و حقوق انسانی #مسیحیان دفاع کردند، تا به پایان. ناپدید شدند و پیکرهای
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Sep 15, 2020
Latest report by @UN special rapporteur on #human_rights in Iran, @JavaidRehman, calls on #Iran to "immediately and unconditionally release all those imprisoned for exercising their right to #religious_freedom”, and end #discrimination against #minorities.
UN rapporteur calls for ‘immediate and unconditional’ release of religious prisoners of conscience
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Dec 2, 2024
The #immigration authorities in #Georgia are consistently refusing the #asylum claims of #Iranian #Christians, despite their well-founded fears of #persecution should they return home. That is the conclusion of this newly released joint report by #Article18, @CSW_UK,
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Oct 17, 2024
سه نوکیش مسیحی به نام‌های #جهانگیر_علیخانی، #حامد_مال‌امیری و #غلام_اسحاقی، بیش از سه هفته پیش در #نوشهر توسط مأموران اطلاعات سپاه دستگیر شدند و هنوز در مکان نامعلومی بازداشت هستند. علیرغم پی‌گیری‌های مکرر خانواده‌های این شهروندان #مسیحی، از وضعیت آنها اطلاعات زیادی در دست نیست و
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Dec 24, 2023
الیسا شاهوردیان، مسیحی ایرانی-ارمنی: برای دیدن مادربزرگم خانوادگی به ایران رفته بودیم که ۲۴ مردادماه ۱۴۰۲ ماموران وزارت اطلاعات من و همسرم را حین شام خوردن در منزل دوستانمان دستگیر کردند و به زندان اوین بردند. سخت‌ترین روزهای عمرم را در زندان اوین گذراندم. من را با وثیقه آزاد
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Aug 29, 2024
The case files of over 300 #Christians are among the over 3 million prosecutions leaked by hackers of the #Tehran judiciary’s website over the past 6 months, a study by #Article18 has revealed. 🔗 articleeighteen.com/news/15047/ The data, leaked in stages by @EdaalateAli1400 since
Over 300 Christian cases among hacked Tehran judiciary files
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Mar 8, 2021
On #InternationalWomensDay, we honour the #Christian #women who were #persecuted over the past 12 months in #Iran only as a result of their #faith or religious activities. These are 10 such women, but there were many more. You can read about them here: articleeighteen.com/features/7989/
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Dec 21, 2023
Hakop Gochumyan, 35, was visiting #Iran with his wife Elissa, who is an Iranian-Armenian, and their two children, when they were arrested on 15 August in #Pardis, just outside #Tehran. After over two months in detention, Elissa was released on bail equivalent to $40,000 on 19
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Jan 17, 2023
#Iran's "religious #minorities face entrenched #discrimination, violence, & systemic, crippling exclusion. #Bahais #Christians #Jews & #Sunni #Muslims suffer discrimination in law & practice," says @JimShannonMP @UKParliament. #IranRevolution #IranProtests #FoRBforall #MahsaAmini
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Nov 8, 2024
#Iran’s religious #minorities “face systematic #discrimination”, including “arbitrary detention, unfair trial ... [&] restrictions on their cultural practices, language rights & #religious_freedom”, said @drmaisato in her first @UN speech. 🔗 articleeighteen.com/news/15306/ The new
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New rapporteur pledges to ‘examine’ impact of Iran’s religious freedom restrictions
The new UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran has pledged to “examine” the impact of Iran’s restrictions on religious freedom as part of an “interse...
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Dec 5, 2022
In videos posted on social media, 20 #Armenians & Iranian-Armenians expressed their support for #IranProtests2022, calling protesters their “heroes” & “brave brothers and sisters”, and repeating the slogan of #IranRevoIution2022: “#WomenLifeFreedom.” #MahsaAmini #Iran #Christians
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Feb 3, 2025
"The situation of #Christians in the Islamic Republic of #Iran is a matter of serious concern that demands our continued attention" 📽️ @UN Special Rapporteur on #HumanRights in #Iran, @drmaisato, at the #Article18 @CSWadvocacy @MiddleEConcern @OpenDoorsUK #UPR48 side event. 🔗
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Nov 13, 2020
#Lydia turned 2 last month, but it may be the last #birthday she spends with her adoptive parents after a court ruled to take her away because they're #Christian #converts & she is considered #Muslim. 120 lawyers & activists have asked the head of judiciary to overturn the ruling
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