Iranian christians

Iran threatening Tehran's historic Qavam Church in latest move against Iranian Christian minority

“Six security forces went into the church and sat through a session, saying they wanted to ‘identify’ people,” said Sasan Tavassoli, a US-based minister with the Presbyterian Church in Iran.

SAINT PETER Evangelical Church of Tehran, interior.
AFSHIN JAVID, a former member of Iran Basij paramilitary force’s execution squad, as a young child in Iran (L) and now in Germany. Javid left Islam and later became a devout Christian.

Former IRGC child executioner tells ‘Post’ how he became devout Christian dissident

FOR IRAN’S Christian community, the postwar crackdown has been particularly severe, with at least 50 members detained by authorities. Here, Iranian Christians take part in the New Year prayer ceremony at a church in Tehran last January.

When faith comes under fire: How Iran’s repression of religious minorities has increased

Tehran's new Virgin Mary metro station has drawn both praise and criticism for the treatment of Christians within Iran.

Tehran opens Virgin Mary metro station amid scrutiny over Iran's Christian rights


8 killed in strike on Iranian militias on Iraq-Syria border, media blame Israel

Aerial view of intense construction at Iran's Albukamal-Al-Qaim crossing

The Iranian refugee who loves the Jews and the State of Israel

Atour Eyvazian is an Assyrian/Armenian Christian who fled religious persecution in Iran, and is on a visit to Israel for the first time with his family

Atour Eyvazian spends time with IDF soldiers during his first-ever trip to Israel this week

WATCH: Netanyahu slams Tehran for mistreatment of Christians

Israeli premier eviscerates tweet by Iran's foreign minister: “Saying Merry Christmas while jailing Christians in your own country is the height of hypocrisy."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Air Force pilots as they receive their wings, December 2017

UN report assails Iran for persecution of religious minorities

“Under the law, Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians face discrimination in the judicial system, such as hasher punishments,” report states.

Ahmed Shaheed, the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in Iran