Behnam Ben Taleblu is a member of the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Task Force on Middle East Minorities and the Senior Director of the Iran Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) in Washington DC. The views expressed are his own.
Despite the regime’s use of Christian symbols and nominal Christian representation in its rubber-stamp parliament, Iran’s theocrats remain fundamentally hostile to Christianity.
Behnam Ben Taleblu & Bridget ToomeyOctober 24, 2025