Iranian-Assyrian Pastor Victor Bet Tamraz, 66, and his wife Shamiran Issavi, 65, were convicted in July 2017 and January 2018,...

The United Nations recognizes May 3 to be World Press Freedom Day, observed to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press...

Today's scheduled sentencing hearing for Shamiran Issavi, Pastor Victor Bet-Tamraz, and three Christian converts charged for activities...

An estimated 3.5 million people globally comprise a distinct, indigenous ethnic group known as Assyrians. Tracing their heritage to...

On July 17, 2019, Iranian Assyrian human rights activist Dabrina Bet Tamraz was part of a delegation of survivors of religious...

Assyrian Pastor and human rights activist Dabrina Bet Tamraz spoke on a panel entitled "Addressing Challenges to Religious Freedom in the...

On June 21, 2019, the U.S. Department of State released its 2018 Report on International Religious Freedom which describes the status of...

On Saturday, September 8, 2018, Iranian airstrikes targeted the headquarters of two Iranian Kurdish opposition party near the Assyrian...

Two ethnic Assyrians in Iran, Victor Bet-Tamraz and his wife Shamiran Issavi, have each been sentenced to ten years in prison for...