Iran chooses new Supreme Leader
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U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom chair Vicky Hartzler condemns the Iranian regime’s systemic religious persecution on ‘Fox News Live.’
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation said it received more than 200 complaints about perceived Christian nationalist sentiments amid war in Iran.
Some Iranian Americans in Michigan applaud U.S. attacks in Iran, saying they want freedom and democracy in their native land.
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What comes next for Iranian religious minorities?
The death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, creates uncertainty for all Iranians, but especially for non-Muslim minorities.
After Saturday's major attack on Iran by the U.S. and Israel, U.S. President Donald Trump has called on the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” and rise up against the Islamic leadership that has ruled the nation since 1979.
Some Iranians reacted with grief and shock to the killing of the Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by joint US-Israeli strikes on February 28, 2026, but a video shared in posts about his death does not show his funeral procession in Tehran.
A nonprofit military watchdog says it has received hundreds of complaints from U.S. service members alleging their commanders invoked Christian prophecy and other religious rhetoric to frame the U.S.
The killing of Iran's supreme leader and ensuing Middle East instability could revive sectarian clashes and see religion emerge as a mobilizing tool.