Religious persecutions
The best way to look at the reasons behind Christian persecutions in Iran is by looking at the documents and reports presented in the Farsi language. There are two types of reports one might stumble upon, some that are for persecution of Christians and some that come from outside the country and are against it. Nowadays, most people in Iran are connected to outside sources through satellite news channels and get both the inside and outside sources of news. My attempt is to help my non-Farsi speaking readers to get a taste of what a Farsi-speaking Iranian who lives in Iran experiences in terms of fearing the threat of imprisonment and the reasons why many of them decide to escape the country and leave their friends and families behind. The office of intelligence service in Iran, has many high tech, well developed, and strategized plans that it utilized in monitoring the lives of Christians in Iran. Their strategies that are actually very effective allows them to have a clear idea of what is happening in the country and enables them to prevent any potential causes of threat from happening to the national security. One of the highest priorities of the Iranian Government after the Iranian revolution has been the unification of the country towards a cohesive Islamic state. They have therefore identified the different ways that Christianity is introduced to the public and are trying to alert the general public of the evilness of mischievous Christianity. On the other hand, satellite channels such as VOA Persian and BBC Persian, are two of the only outside news sources in Farsi that the Iranian Christians have access to. Therefore, they expect these channels to express their needs to the west. During the past 35 years, there have been many Christians who have been put in jail because of their faith. Some of them were killed, some lost their money, and most were forced to leave the country. Youcef Nadarkhani is one of those Christians who was sentenced to death but with the help of news coverage and satellite programs, his family was able to ask for support from the UN which prevented the Iranian government from executing his death sentence.
The best way to look at the reasons behind Christian persecutions in Iran is by looking at the documents and reports presented in the Farsi language. There are two types of reports one might stumble upon, some that are for persecution of Christians and some that come from outside the country and are against it. Nowadays, most people in Iran are connected to outside sources through satellite news channels and get both the inside and outside sources of news. My attempt is to help my non-Farsi speaking readers to get a taste of what a Farsi-speaking Iranian who lives in Iran experiences in terms of fearing the threat of imprisonment and the reasons why many of them decide to escape the country and leave their friends and families behind. The office of intelligence service in Iran, has many high tech, well developed, and strategized plans that it utilized in monitoring the lives of Christians in Iran. Their strategies that are actually very effective allows them to have a clear idea of what is happening in the country and enables them to prevent any potential causes of threat from happening to the national security. One of the highest priorities of the Iranian Government after the Iranian revolution has been the unification of the country towards a cohesive Islamic state. They have therefore identified the different ways that Christianity is introduced to the public and are trying to alert the general public of the evilness of mischievous Christianity. On the other hand, satellite channels such as VOA Persian and BBC Persian, are two of the only outside news sources in Farsi that the Iranian Christians have access to. Therefore, they expect these channels to express their needs to the west. During the past 35 years, there have been many Christians who have been put in jail because of their faith. Some of them were killed, some lost their money, and most were forced to leave the country. Youcef Nadarkhani is one of those Christians who was sentenced to death but with the help of news coverage and satellite programs, his family was able to ask for support from the UN which prevented the Iranian government from executing his death sentence.