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Naghme Abedini with her husband and children (photo: American Center for Law and Justice/AFP/Getty Images)

Christian minorities in Iran

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Iran's persecuted converts

The Iranian-American woman Naghme Abedini has been fighting for her husband's release from an Iranian jail for some time now. He is a Christian convert accused of founding "underground churches" in the Islamic Republic – institutions that are growing ever more popular in Iran. By Thomas LatschanMore

Turning away from Shia in Iran: ''A tsunami of atheism''Christians in the Middle East: Between co-existence and suppressionIran before the elections: Hunger strikes and love letters
Ilham Tohti (photo: picture-alliance/Frederic J. Brown/afp/dpa)

Profile: the Uighur civil rights activist Ilham Tohti

The moderate critic

Ilham Tohti, a well-known Uighur and a moderate critic of Beijing's policy towards the country's Muslim minority, was found guilty of "separatism" and sentenced to life in prison last September, despite the fact that he has always worked to improve relations between Uighurs and Han Chinese and is against breaking up the country. A profile by Thomas LatschanMore

The Uighurs' situation: An escalation of violence in XinjiangThe Chinese regime and the Uighurs: Colonialists in their own countryChina's Muslim minority: China's battle against the Uighurs
Ayatollah Khomeini arriving in Iran on 1 February 1979 (photo: Getty Images/Afp/Gabriel Duval)

Interview with Iran expert Bahman Nirumand

"Everyone believed Khomeini's promises"

Thirty-five years ago, Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran from exile. Thomas Latschan spoke to the Iran expert Bahman Nirumand about Khomeini's role in the Islamic Revolution and his significance for modern-day IranMore

Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel's ''The People Reloaded'': The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran's FutureIran's Regime: A Permanent Legitimation CrisisInterview with Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi: The Secular Elements of the Islamic Republic
Michael Lüders (photo: picture-alliance/dpa)

Michael Lüders on the Sanctions on Iran

"The Objective Is Regime Change"

For years, the nuclear dispute between the West and Iran has been at a deadlock. In this interview with Thomas Latschan, Middle East expert Michael Lüders says that the West's main objective is not in fact to find a solution to the problem, but to stop Iran from being a power factor in the regionMore

Roxana Saberi: ''The Syrian Situation Is Sending a Message to the Iranians''Iran's Nuclear Programme: Tehran's Visions versus Nuclear RealitiesThe ''Israel Loves Iran'' Campaign: Iranians and Israelis Call for an End to Fear
The Community House in Jakarta (photo: DW)

The ''Community House'' in Jakarta

Education Gives Hope to Indonesian Slum Kids

Around one fourth of Jakarta's 18 million residents live in slums - among them, 1.5 million children. A European project is helping them climb out of poverty through education. By Thomas LatschanMore

Franz Magnis-Suseno: ''Every Religion Is Essentially Humanistic''Integrated Islamic Schools in Indonesia: Secular Subjects within a Religious Framework

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Most Recent Photo Essay

Aleppo before the war: a photo taken in 2001, when no-one suspected the suffering and destruction the city would experience barely a decade later. It shows Aleppo's citadel peacefully overlooking the Old Town bathed in a golden light. At the time, the minaret of the Great Mosque had just been scaffolded for renovation

A digital archive to preserve Syria's cultural heritage

Countless cultural assets have been destroyed by the Syrian Civil War. The Syrian Heritage Archive Project in Berlin contributes to preserving their memory with an exhibition showing what has been lost — and what remains. By Christina Kufner