Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) arrested two Christians – a mother and her son – in late February as part of a brutal crackdown on Catholicism in the country’s West ...

of Tehran. By any account, the bishop of Iran's capital city is a pick from the peripheries of the Church. Iran is far from a hub of Catholicism. In fact, it is one of the least Catholic countries in ...

As calls for war on Iran resurface in Washington, St. Thaddeus and St. Stepanos stand as warnings: reckless intervention ...

There are many elements of difficulty faced by the Catholic community in Iran, as Chaldean bishop of the archieparchy of Urmia and patriarchal administrator of Tehran Msgr. Thomas Meram tells AsiaNews ...

Cardinal-elect Dominique Mathieu, archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan and the highest-ranking Catholic authority in the Islamic Republic of Iran, discussed the situation of Christians in Iran ...

In his statement, Pezeshkian extended condolences to Catholics and Pope Francis's followers ... where it has been at war with Iran-backed Hamas since its October 2023 attack on Israel.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A man fatally shot two prominent hard-line judges in Iran’s capital Saturday, officials said, both of whom allegedly took part in the mass execution of ...