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Article18 Promoting religious freedom and supporting Iran’s persecuted Christians.
صفحه رسمی سازمان ماده۱۸

Article18 acts as a bridge between persecuted Iranian Christians and the Christian community around the world. Through our efforts we try to mobilise prayer, encouragement, and assistance to persecuted Christians in Iran by engaging in advocacy work, and the provision of reliable news updates to the media. We also seek to promote and increase awareness of human rights and particularly the right to religious freedom among Iranian Christians. We believe by knowing what their rights are, the Church in Iran can stand for justice and freedom, leading the way in the transformation of their society based on biblical principles.

09/09/2026
08/09/2026

تنها ۲۲ سال داشت که به دلیل باور مسیحی و فعالیت صلح‌آمیز دینی زندانی شد. پس از آزادی، به او اجازه ندادند آخرین شش واحد دانشگاه را بگذراند.

او هرگز نتوانست مدرک کارشناسی خود را دریافت کند.

علی تنها نیست... هزاران جوان ایرانی تنها به خاطر باور، دین، یا هویت خود، از حق تحصیل، اشتغال و فرصت‌های برابر محروم شده‌اند. جوانان ایران به دنبال امتیاز ویژه نیستند. آن‌ها تنها همان حقوقی را می‌خواهند که هر جوانی در جهان سزاوار آن است.

بیشتر بخوانید:
https://ow.ly/ofUh50ZJVAe

#ماده۱۸

05/09/2026

A prisoner’s journey doesn’t end at the prison gates.

Once they enter the prison, many prisoners of conscience face complete isolation. So when they have been stripped of their freedom and forced into silence, they rely entirely on the outside world to keep their stories alive.

Public attention isn't just helpful—it is a lifeline that protects them from being completely forgotten.

You have the power to break that silence. By keeping their cases visible, we hold their persecutors accountable and bring hope to the persecuted.

HOW YOU CAN TAKE ACTION TODAY:
1. Don't just scroll past—tap the SHARE button to amplify this story.
2. Visit the link in our bio to learn about our "Adopt a Prisoner" programme.
3. Leave a 💬 comment below

https://articleeighteen.com/get-involved/empower/adopt/

01/09/2026

A Canadian couple who “couldn’t sleep” after reading about the plight of an from the United States to Panama have helped to sponsor her resettlement to .

According to the The New York Times Ian and Naomi Elliot, who are in their 60s, spent months searching for a way to help resettle , but found that “everywhere we tried, the door was shut”.

Until just before Christmas last year, when Mr Elliot received an unexpected call from a charity that helps to resettle persecuted Christians to Canada, City of Refuge, which had had a cancellation and offered the place to Artemis.

Full story 👇🏻

🔗 https://articleeighteen.com/news/24711/

مصادره یک کلیسا فقط مسئله مالکیت یک ساختمان یا حتی آزادی عبادت نیست. بُعد کمتر آشکار آن به چیزی مربوط می‌شود که می‌توان ...
28/08/2026

مصادره یک کلیسا فقط مسئله مالکیت یک ساختمان یا حتی آزادی عبادت نیست. بُعد کمتر آشکار آن به چیزی مربوط می‌شود که می‌توان «خشونت فرهنگی» نامید: به حاشیه راندن یا محو تدریجی حافظه تاریخی جوامع دینی.

در ایران، این حذف به شکل‌های مختلف اتفاق می‌افتد؛ از نظام آموزشی و رسانه‌های رسمی که قرائتی خاص از اسلام شیعی را در مرکز هویت رسمی کشور قرار می‌دهند، تا حذف برخی اقلیت‌ها از جمله نوکیشان مسیحی از آمار رسمی.

کلیسا، آرامگاه، مدرسه، بیمارستان یا خانه تاریخی فقط «ملک» نیست. این مکان‌ها حامل حافظه‌اند. جوامع از طریق آن‌ها گذشته خود را به یاد می‌آورند، داستان‌هایشان را منتقل می‌کنند و هویت دینی و فرهنگی خود را از نسلی به نسل دیگر می‌رسانند.

به همین دلیل، مصادره، تخریب، تعطیلی یا تغییر کاربری چنین مکان‌هایی فقط زندگی امروز یک جامعه را تحت تأثیر قرار نمی‌دهد.

گاهی آنچه مصادره می‌شود، فقط یک ساختمان نیست؛ بخشی از حافظه یک جامعه است.

https://articleeighteen.com/fa/articles/21865/

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#ماده۱۸

"  built a shrine to   with closed eyes ...  Some of my   friends will tell you it represents the only kind of   this re...
28/08/2026

" built a shrine to with closed eyes ... Some of my friends will tell you it represents the only kind of this regime will accept in its theocratic state: historic, ethnic, ornamental, and underground; out of sight and out of mind" - .

🔗 https://articleeighteen.com/analysis/24703/

"The seizure of St Peter's and its compound — including the church building, two schools, residents’ homes and offices b...
28/08/2026

"The seizure of St Peter's and its compound — including the church building, two schools, residents’ homes and offices belonging to the Bible Society and the Council of Evangelical Churches of Iran — is part of a longer history of repression directed at religious minorities since the Islamic Republic came to power in 1979" – Fred Petrossian Religion Unplugged.

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