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Confronting Religious Persecution at the IRF Summit

Feb. 10Stories That Demand Action:

Last week I spoke on a panel at the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Washington, D.C.—a global gathering that brings together advocates, policymakers, and legal experts from around the world who are on the front lines of defending religious freedom. The Summit provides a rare forum to share firsthand experiences, expose ongoing...More

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Iran is no longer pretending. Its brutality is on full display as over 12,000 freedom-loving Iranians have been gunned down in the streets. But Iran’s vile attacks on its own citizens have been most felt by its beleaguered Christian community in recent years. The Islamic Republic has been intensifying a brutal campaign against Christians – especially converts – using arrests, torture , crushing prison sentences , merciless home raids , and even executions to intimidate entire...

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Iran is the number one state sponsor of terrorism around the world. It sponsors deadly terrorist attacks around the world, including the horrific October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. But Iran is not just endangering the lives of Israelis and putting Jewish people – and Christians and American troops – around the world in danger. Christians in Iran face alarming abuse, harassment, imprisonment, and even death because of their faith. Right now, a Christian pastor is locked behind bars in...

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Iran is preparing to execute an innocent young man because he’s Jewish, and he’s running out of time. The ACLJ is advocating for his life at the United Nations, having just filed an urgent complaint with the U.N.’s Special Procedures seeking swift international intervention to stop the execution and overturn this miscarriage of justice. In November 2022, 20-year-old Arvin Ghahremani was attacked by seven men, one of whom stabbed Ghahremani. In the scuffle, Ghahremani disarmed the man,

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On September 6, 2022, the world was shocked to learn that Iran's "Morality Police" had savagely beaten 22-year-old Mahsa Amini to death because they felt the defenseless young woman wasn't wearing her headscarf correctly. The Iranian people have bravely flooded the streets in over 80 cities and towns to protest the Islamic Republic's brutality and demand religious freedom. But once again, the Iranian regime's actions have violated international human rights treaties that it has agreed...

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Five years ago, we celebrated a major victory when due to the diligent legal advocacy work of the ACLJ and the unwavering support and prayers of ACLJ members, Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani – sentenced to die in Iran for “apostasy” – was set free. Unfortunately for Pastor Youcef and his family, Iran has once again targeted him for his Christian faith. Only July 22, 2018, He was arrested and brutally beaten in his own home, and his young son was tasered by Iranian authorities. Sources report...

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American Pastor Saeed Abedini is now free. Here is the story of his imprisonment and release: Saeed Abedini, a 35-year-old Pastor, father, and husband from Idaho, is currently imprisoned in Rajaei Shahr prison (formerly imprisoned in Evin prison in Tehran, Iran). On 28 July 2012, during a visit to Tehran to visit family and to finalize the board members for an orphanage he was building in Iran, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard detained Saeed, asserting that he must face criminal...

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ACLJ Staff Writers  //

Feb 04, 2026

Iran’s brutality is on full display as more than 36,500 Iranians are feared dead, indiscriminately gunned down in the streets, as the regime wages war on its own citizens. As its people cry out for freedom,

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Jan 16, 2026

Iran is no longer pretending. Its brutality is on full display as over 12,000 freedom-loving Iranians have been gunned down in the streets. But Iran’s vile attacks on its own citizens have been most felt by...

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Aug 27, 2024

Iran is the number one state sponsor of terrorism around the world. It sponsors deadly terrorist attacks around the world, including the horrific October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. But Iran is not just...

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