by Steve Dew-Jones | 22 Apr 2020 | Features
(Photo: Wikipedia) While today relations between Iran and America are severely strained, there remains, even today, an American revered by many in Iran for giving his life in the fight for democracy. Howard Baskerville died on 19 April 1909, days after his 24th...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 Apr 2020 | News
Twenty-one-year-old Iranian Christian convert Fatemeh (Mary) Mohammadi has been sentenced to three months plus one day in prison, and ten lashes. The sentence relates to Mary’s alleged participation in anti-government demonstrations following the downing of a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 Apr 2020 | News
The Council of United Iranian Churches (Hamgaam) has called on Iran to immediately release all prisoners of conscience to “prevent a serious humanitarian disaster”. In a statement released yesterday, the council welcomed the reported release of around 100,000...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 Apr 2020 | Analysis
Article18’s advocacy director, Mansour Borji, has addressed the often cited discrepancy between the Iranian government’s claims that there is “total religious freedom” in Iran, and rights groups’ insistency that Iran is one of the world’s worst persecutors. ...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Apr 2020 | News
Rajaei Shahr Prison, Karaj (Photo: Ensie & Matthias / Flickr / CC) A group of UN human rights experts have called on Iran to release all prisoners of conscience, in line with its obligations as a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political...
