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Iran Evicts 20 Families from Tehran Church — UN Calls Violation

7/16/2026

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Iranian authorities seized the ten-acre St Peter’s Evangelical Church compound in Tehran and evicted its residents.
UN rapporteurs Nazila Ghanea and Mai Sato said the evictions of 20 Armenian and Assyrian families breach international human-rights law.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a deed declaring the church state property and labeling occupants trespassers.
The last resident left on 12 July 2026 after families were given only a two-week notice.

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Iranian authorities seized the ten-acre St Peter’s Evangelical Church compound in Tehran and evicted its residents.
UN rapporteurs Nazila Ghanea and Mai Sato said the evictions of 20 Armenian and Assyrian families breach international human-rights law.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a deed declaring the church state property and labeling occupants trespassers.
The last resident left on 12 July 2026 after families were given only a two-week notice.