Iran News News Iran » Religion: Jailed Catholic woman's hunger strike highlights Iran religious persecution — US demands action
Ghazal Marzban, a Catholic woman, is on hunger strike in Evin prison in Tehran as arrests of Christians jumped from 139 in 2024 to 254 in 2025.
News Iran » Religion: Iran persecutes its Baha’i minority fiercely in a year of protests and war, rights groups say
Ever since the Baha’i faith was founded in Persia — now Iran — in the 19th century, its followers there have been persecuted, usually more harshly during times of crisis. This year, amid massive ...
News Iran » Religion: Iran’s religious leaders call to murder ‘evil’ Trump and Netanyahu amid peace deal talks
Iran's top clerics called for the assassination of "evil" President Trump and "wicked" Benjamin Netanyahu, saying it is the "religious duty" of Muslims The post Iran’s Religious Leaders Call to Murder ...
News Iran » Religion: Concerned about the Iran Deal, Iranian Christians Look to God
Some hardened by war and regime brutality say they have little hope in Tehran or Washington. A few days after the Iran war began on February 28, a Christian convert and her family fled Tehran for ...
News Iran » Religion: A bitterly divided Iran grapples with Khamenei's legacy as he is laid to rest
The funeral for Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was designed to showcase unity in a country that is bitterly split over his decades-long rule ...