Christian persecution in Iran intensifies amid war, according to ministries and UN investigators

By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz September 15, 2026


Iran has spent the past year fighting a war with Israel and the United States, absorbing sweeping new sanctions, and putting down a civilian uprising that left tens of thousands dead. In the middle of that upheaval, the Islamic Republic has also escalated a campaign against a population that poses it no military threat at all: its own Christian minority.

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