Religious Minorities in Iran

On July 17, 2022, four Christian converts were arrested by security forces in Neyshabur City.

On Sunday, June 26, 2022, three Baha’i citizens, Shaghayegh Khaneh-Zarin, Negar Ighani and Zhila Sharafi Nasrabadi were arrested by security forces in Shiraz and taken ...

In April, seven Iranian Christians received a combined 32 years in prison. Two women, both leaders in small house churches, will each serve six years.

On Wednesday, June 15, 2022, Baha’i children’s rights activist Samin Ehsani was arrested and taken to Evin Prison to serve a five-year sentence.

Iran has sentenced 26 followers of the Baha'i faith from 2-5 year prison terms each as well as barring them from leaving the country for ...

An Iranian-Armenian pastor has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by 10 years of “deprivation of social rights,” for running a Christian house ...

On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, Christian convert Morteza Hajeb Mashhoud-Kari was arrested after an appearance at the Courthouse of Rasht City and transferred to Lakan ...

On Sunday, May 8, 2022, IRGC intelligence agents arrested four Christian converts, Behnam Akhlaghi, Babak Hossein-Zadeh, Ayoub Pourreza-Zadeh, and Ahmad Sarparast in Rasht City, and ...