IRNA Irans Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi in a message on Monday congratulated Christian officials and followers of the divine religion in Iraq on the new year. In separate messages to the Christian officials in Iraq, he congratulated them on birth anniversary of Jesus Christ and new year. In the messages, he hoped that all the Iraqi people ...

[caption id="attachment_136614" align="alignright" width="195"] The file photo shows Christians in the Iraqi city of Mosul.[/caption] At least 160,000 Iraqi Christians have been forced out of their homes in the city of Mosul after the ISIL Takfiri terrorists seized Iraq's second-largest city in June, a Christian lawmaker says. "Christian families ...

Iranian Assyrians have held a rally in protest to the atrocities committed by the ISIL militants against Christians in Iraq and Syria, Press TV reports. Hundreds of Iranian Assyrians gathered in front of the United Nations office in the Iranian capital Tehran on Thursday, holding placards and chanting slogans in support of the Christian community ...

[caption id="attachment_109795" align="alignright" width="234"] Displaced Iraqi Christians inside a church in Nineveh province (file photo)[/caption] The Iranian ambassador to Baghdad says the Islamic Republic is ready to render help to Iraqi Christians displaced by ISIL terrorist group. In a Tuesday meeting with Younadim Kanna, the leader of al-...