Iranian Christian, Mahrokh Kanbari Receives Court Summons
(International Christian Concern) –An Iranian Christian convert, Mahrokh Roksare Kanbari, has received a summons to appear in the Karaj Islamic Revolutionary Court on July 27th. She was originally arrested this More...
Iran Christian woman Fatemeh Mohammadi assaulted for how she wore her headscarf
A 19-year-old Christian woman was arrested yesterday after going to a police station to file a complaint. Fatemeh Mohammadi was assaulted by a woman dressed in a chador, a long black robe worn by conservative Muslim More...
Iran Responds to Global Outcry over Removed Cross
(International Christian Concern) –The cross of an Assyrian Presbyterian Church in the northwest city of Tabriz was replaced on July 9th following an international outcry. In May, Iranian intelligence agents More...
Iraqi Christians Worried Over Electoral System
(International Christian Concern) –Iraq’s Babylon Brigade is a militia headed by Chaldean Christian Rayan al-Kildani. It is primarily composed of Shabak and Shia Arabs, and falls under the authority of the Iranian More...
Iran Violently Arrests 8 Christians
(International Christian Concern) –Eight Iranian Christians living in the Persian Gulf city of Bushehr were arrested after Ministry of Intelligence agents raided their homes and confiscated all Christian items. More...
Police in turkey raid baptism ceremony, ‘church is not authorized’
Turkish police interrupted a baptism ceremony in the city of Bolu while conducting a raid against a church composed of Iranian Christian asylum seekers. The incident was verified by Hristiyan Haber on May 28th, More...
Iranian Intelligence Minister, Mahmoud Alavi Increases Focus on Christians
(International Christian Concern) –On Saturday, Iran’s Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi voiced strong concerns over Muslims converting to Christianity throughout the country. He said that his ministry has More...
Australian National, David Levick Sentenced for Exporting Electronics to Iran
An Australian man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison on four counts of violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which criminalizes knowing transactions with Iranian entities without More...
President Trump announces US recognition of Israel sovereignty over Golan Heights
President Donald Trump announced today that the United States will recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Israel captured the Golan Heights or Bashan, as it was known, in its defensive war against More...
Iran elevates cleric Ebrahim Raisi to Judiciary Chief despite human rights violations, attacks on non-Muslims
(International Christian Concern) –International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on March 8, 2019, Ebrahim Raisi was sworn into office as the new Judiciary Chief of Iran’s Islamic Republic. His long More...
Christopher Wrays Statement on 12th Anniversary of the Abduction of Robert Levinson
March 9, 2019 marks the 12th anniversary of the abduction of Robert A. “Bob” Levinson from Kish Island, Iran. This milestone is an opportunity for the leadership of the government of Iran to demonstrate its More...
Facebook purged over 2500 malicious accounts linked to Iran, Twitter pulls down over 400 Russian accounts
Facebook’s cybersecurity team Thursday said it identified and removed hundreds of accounts associated with fake accounts originating in Iran. Twitter also revealed on Thursday that it removed more than 2,600 malicious More...
Iran’s persecution of Christians detailed in new report
(International Christian Concern) –A new report details how last year brought continued violation of religious freedom for Iranian Christians, cumulating in an unprecedented wave of raids targeting the underground More...
Iran judges tell Christians Saheb Fadaie and Fatemeh Bakhteri to renounce their faith
(International Christian Concern) –Iranian judges Hassan Babaee and Ahmad Zargar presided over the January 15th final appeal hearing for Christians Saheb Fadaie and Fatemeh Bakhteri. These two judges asked the More...
Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif attacks Islamic State’s persecution of Christians
(International Christian Concern) –Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has completed a tour of Iraq. During this trip, he highlighted his meetings with representatives of Iraq’s religious minorities More...
Singapore Tourism Figures Show More Visitors
Singapore is a unique island city-state. This melting pot of culture, food, and experiences isn’t just another insipid city. It offers visitors more than shopping centers and western price tags. Like what? Examples More...
Iranian Sisters Make Bail Following Harsh Interrogation
(International Christian Concern) –Two Christian sisters arrested and assaulted during interrogation by Iranian authorities have reportedly been released on bail. They were arrested in early December in Ahvaz More...
Iranian Christian, Jamshid Derakhshan Released on Bail with Health Concerns
(International Christian Concern) –Jamshid Derakhshan, an Iranian Christian who was found in Rajaee Shahr Prison two weeks after his disappearance, has been temporarily released on bail. Jamshid had converted More...
Two Iranian Christians Physically Assaulted and Imprisoned
(International Christian Concern) –Earlier this month, Iranian media announced a widespread detainment of Christians across the country. ICC reported how over 100 Christians were detained by the Iranian intelligence More...
Pakistan added to State Department’s list of ‘World’s Worst Violators of Religious Freedom’
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomed the State Department’s announcement that it had named 10 “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPCs) for particularly severe religious More...
