The work begins by re-examining Iran's earliest connection to Christianity, emphasizing the role of the Magi--widely ...

Heart surgeon Masoud Pezeshkian takes the helm of the Islamic Republic, having campaigned for ethnic and religious minorities while pledging to reach out to the West. The surprise election in Iran of ...

Cardinal-elect Dominique Mathieu, archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan and the highest-ranking Catholic authority in the Islamic Republic of Iran, discussed the situation of Christians in Iran, regional ...

(RNS) — The Trump administration’s deportation of more than a hundred Iranians held in ICE custody on a flight that touched down in Tehran on Sept. 29 includes Christian converts and other religious ...

Sometimes “I don’t know” is the best answer, even as we pray for wisdom to do the next right thing. We are just a few days out from the United States’ bombing of nuclear facilities in Iran. My actual ...

An Armenian citizen will serve 10 years in an Iranian prison after being prosecuted for alleged Christian evangelism. An Iranian judge sentenced Hakop Gochumyan to prison in February 2024 for ...

In Iran, whose ancient kings etched freedom of religion into stone, today’s rulers raid living rooms for Bibles, surveil Jewish schools, and bulldoze Bahá’í cemeteries. The Islamic Republic is waging ...

Among the charges are practising worship and promoting religious activities such as baptisms, communions and Christmas celebrations. At least four of them will have to serve sentences of at least 10 y ...

Marziyeh Amirizadeh, sentenced to death by hanging in Iran’s Evin Prison, says the intervention of Benedict XVI in 2009 saved her and another woman from prison and death. Amirizadeh, who now lives in ...

In a nation of nearly 90 million people, over 98% are Muslim, with only a tiny Christian population. But that population is growing, and fast. Since the 1979 revolution, successive governments' ...

Shiite Islam may be the official religion in Iran, but entering Tehran's brand-new Maryam Moghaddas metro station, you could be forgiven for feeling as if you're stepping inside a Christian church.