by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Jul 2026 | Features
This is the true story of a US missionary who travelled to Iran on a two-week tourist visa but ended up being detained for a further nine weeks in the country’s notorious Evin Prison, where he was threatened with the death sentence. Dan Baumann travelled to Iran in...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 Jul 2026 | News
Iranian-born Church of England bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani was interviewed recently for a new podcast by the Speaker of the House of Lords. In the episode, which can be viewed in full here, the bishop spoke, among other things, about her upbringing in Iran; her...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 Jul 2026 | News
The UN’s special rapporteurs (SRs) on freedom of religion or belief and human rights in Iran have condemned the confiscation of the St Peter’s Evangelical Church compound in Tehran and eviction of its residents. SRs Nazila Ghanea and Mai Sato, in a joint statement,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 Jul 2026 | News
The Ministry of Intelligence has included Christian satellite TV stations on a newly publicised list of “hostile” media organisations and individuals. The list, which can be viewed here, includes evangelical networks Sat-7, Nejat, Seven and Mohabat TV, alongside...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 Jul 2026 | News
An imprisoned Iranian Christian convert was beaten yesterday, resulting in a broken bone in her left hand, after protesting against worsening conditions inside the women’s ward of Tehran’s Evin Prison. Ghazal Marzban, who was recently sentenced to over nine years in...
