LONDON (Morning Star News) – Conditions in Iran for Christians imprisoned for their faith and other inmates have deteriorated dramatically since the U.S. and Israeli bombing of the Islamic regime in the past month, according to human rights groups. Guards and some prison officials across the country have largely abandoned their posts, leaving hardliners from the […]
Prison Conditions in Iran Worsen for Christians, other Inmates
War reduces food, medical care.
March 27, 2026 By - Leave a Comment
Iran Adds Blame for Political Woes to Persecution of Christians
Number of arrested Christians nearly doubles in 2025.
February 23, 2026 By -
LONDON (Morning Star News) – As leaders of Iran continue to blame and punish Christians for their alleged part in the regime’s political and military troubles of last year, a new report outlines the persecution that Christians in the Islamic Republic suffered in 2025. Calling Iran’s “12-day war” of June 13-24 a pivotal moment that “impacted […]
Prison Terms for Christians in Iran Shot Up in 2024, Group Says
Report on sham judiciary released as regime faces international review.
January 22, 2025 By -
LONDON (Morning Star News) – Bent on suppressing Christianity in Iran, Islamic courts handed down six times more prison time to persecuted Christians in 2024 than the previous year, according to advocacy group Article 18. Iranian courts last year sentenced 96 Christians across the country to 263 years in prison for practicing their faith – compared […]
Christian Woman in Iran Suffering in Custody, Relatives Say
Convert from Islam held without charges.
October 1, 2024 By -
LONDON (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman held without charges in Iran since Sept. 9 wept uncontrollably during the five minutes her mother was allowed to visit her on Monday (Sept. 30), a relative said. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arrested Mojdeh Falahi, 36, a convert from Islam, when she went to the prosecutor’s […]
Christian Refugee from Iran Faces Possible Expulsion from Turkey
Convert from Islam was persecuted for his faith in his country.
February 23, 2024 By -
(Morning Star News) – An Iranian Christian convert faces possible expulsion from Turkey and a three-year prison sentence on a charge of spreading “propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” according to religious freedom advocates. The government of Turkish President Recept Tayyip Erdogan continued its crackdown on expatriate Christians with the Jan. 29 arrest of […]
Unusual Ruling Frees Christian Couple from Prison in Iran
Judge rules participating in religious ‘home-group’ is not illegal.
May 17, 2023 By -
(Morning Star News) – Iranian authorities released two Christian leaders from prison last week after a judge broke with common judicial practice in the country and ruled that home church participation was not illegal, sources said. Throwing out a 2020 conviction, a judge in Branch 34 of the Appeals Court in Tehran on May 9 […]
Iran Releases Yousef Nadarkhani, Other Christians from Prison
Pastor initially sentenced to death freed in annual tradition.
March 5, 2023 By -
(Morning Star News) – Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, once sentenced to death in Iran for apostasy, was the third Christian convert recently released from prison as part of the government’s annual amnesty marking the anniversary of the 1979 revolution. Originally sentenced to death in 2010 for leaving Islam, Nadarkhani was freed on Feb. 26, following the […]
Iran Releases Two Christians from Notorious Evin Prison
After denial of pardons, church leaders receive freedom.
October 30, 2022 By -
(Morning Star News) – Two Christians imprisoned in Iran for their church leadership roles were released a few days after a fire broke out in Tehran’s Evin Prison on Oct. 15, but rights advocates were mystified about why they were freed. Pastor Naser Navard Goltapeh, who had spent two months in solitary confinement, was released […]
Iran Punishes Christians with Harsh Prison Sentences
House churches considered threat to national security.
October 16, 2022 By -
(Morning Star News) – When authorities in Iran summoned a Christian couple in Tehran on Aug. 13, the house-church members supposed it concerned the return of their confiscated belongings. Instead, Homayoun Zhaveh and his wife Sara Ahmadi were detained in Tehran’s Evin Prison, notorious for its harsh treatment of people deemed political enemies of the […]
First Christians Sentenced to Prison under New Law in Iran
Harsher punishments meted out under amendments.
July 6, 2021 By -
(Morning Star News) – The first Christians to be punished under a newly amended law in Iran aimed at halting the growth of Christianity and other religious groups were sentenced to five years in prison for spreading “propaganda” against Islam after they refused to renounce Christ, sources said. Amin Khaki, Milad Goudarzi and Alireza Nourmohammadi, […]