Pastor Ara Torosian’s congregants fled Iran to escape persecution due to their Christian faith. Now, they are being held in ...

Cyrus the Great, who reigned in the 6th century BCE, is not merely a figure of Iranian pride. He is a towering symbol of ...

However, Abedini is only one of at least 60 Christians in Iran—which contains between 200,000 and 750,000 Christians—currently in prison, according to Middle East Concern (MEC).

An Iranian Christian rights activist whose 46-day detention earlier this year drew words of concern from U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran has detained 15 other Christians as part of its long ...

Christians arrested in Iran TEHRAN, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Amid widespread outrage over Christian persecution, Iranian authorities said they arrested dozens of Christians who had converted from Islam.

Islamic militants have beheaded 70 Christians in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Members of the Allied Democratic Forces — a group tied to the Islamic State — approached homes in the village ...

Soon after, these Persian Christians fell under the influence of Nestorian teachings. Nestorius (d. 451), a patriarch of Constantinople, was condemned as a heretic by the Roman Church for leading ...

Wakefield Cathedral was packed for a historic service dedicated to welcoming the growing numbers of Persian Christians in the UK. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Yorkshire Evening Post ...

This paper explores the Middle Persian term agdēn, which is often problematically translated as "infidel." By tracing this term of otherness through Middle Persian texts such as legal cases in The ...