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An illegal referendum over whether to continue celebrating a public holiday in Bosnia branded anti-Catholic is being investigating by prosecutors. The vote on Sunday had been banned by a constitution...

Poland has dropped an investigation into sex abuse allegations made against a former Vatican ambassador. Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, from Poland, is accused of committing the crimes whilst working i...

The man defending the voice of persecuted believers in China says that inviting the Chinese President Xi Jinping to Britain is choosing trade over human rights. Speaking to Premier, Bob Fu, the found...

Lawyers representing three Christians jailed in Iran over political crimes have been refused access to their clients ahead of their appeal hearing. Pastors Behnam Irani and Matthias Haghnejad, and De...

Pastor Saeed Abedini will be flown to Germany for medical treatment after being freed from an Iranian prison. The American Christian, who was jailed for his faith three years ago, has been released a...

The head of Iran's Guardian Council has said it's against Islamic law for non-Muslims to run in Shia Muslim-majority areas in city and village council elections Ayatollah Ahmad Janati made the declar...

Anti-persecution charity wants President Hassan Rouhani to stand by his promise to free those in jail for their beliefs. A Christian charity and a believer in jail in Iran are calling on Iran's new p...

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has asked Pope Francis to pray for him. During a trip to Italy, the Muslim leader spent 40 minutes speaking with the Holy Father at the Vatican.At the end of the disc...

Iran's Supreme Leader has compared blacks in America's to the way Jesus was treated in his bid highlight race and police violence, while comparing unrest in sta Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's ...

The second hearing of a pastor and three members of his church facing up to six years each in prison in Iran has been schedule for two weeks' time. Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani (pictured) and his members...

An Iranian Revolutionary Court judge has adjourned the trial of nine Christians charged with endangering state security and promoting Zionism, after detain Judge Mohammad Moghiseh refused to hear th...

Three Iranian men await to hear whether a court will uphold their sentence to 80 lashes for taking communion wine.  Their appeal decision is expected within 20 days.Yaser Mosibzadeh, Saheb Fadayee a...

A charity which reaches out to Iranian Christians says it's praying and hoping that Iran's nuclear programme deal will allow the West to have more influence on As part of the agreement the country w...

Firouz Kanjani believes if God wants the suffering of Christians to end it will be the Lord's own decision. An Iranian Christian is calling for prayer for those facing persecution in his country b...

A call for prayer has been requested by four Iranian Christian converts facing a potential 10-year sentence in an appeal hearing on Wednesday. Yousef Nadarkhani, Mohammadreza Omidi, Yasser Mossayebza...

Some 500 Christian converts from Iran have sought asylum in Turkey following persecution by the authorities, according to a Kurdish news website. Rudaw published a video from Van in Turkey, close to ...

A court has rejected an appeal made on behalf of four Iranian Christian converts who were all charged with propagating house churches and promoting "Zionist Chr Yousef Nadarkhani, Mohammadreza Omidi,...

Christians in Iran are calling on believers around the world to pray for a family targeted by security forces. According to religious freedom charity Middle East Concern, Amir Taleipour and wife Mahn...

An Iranian Christian has been allowed out of prison to receive medical treatment just days after an urgent prayer request for her. Last week, Middle East Concern said it was worried about the wellbei...

A third Iranian Christian has been granted bail in the country.  Since 2015 over 150 Christians have been detained by authorities in the country and many kept without reason.One of them, Mohammad Re...