by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Nov 2019 | Analysis
Members of Armenian and Assyrian families are hailed as war heroes by the Iranian regime for serving alongside their compatriots in the eight-year war with Iraq, but, as non-Muslims, they are also banned from employment in the army. By Fred Petrossian The killing of...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Nov 2019 | News
Ashoor Kalta (Facebook) A childhood friend of the Assyrian Christian killed during the protests in Iran has told Article18 he was “one of the kindest men I ever met”. Ashoor Kalta, 37, was killed as he passed by the protests in his car in his home city of Fardis, near...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Nov 2019 | News
Christian converts seeking asylum in Germany are half as likely to succeed in their applications today as they were two years ago, a survey has found. The survey by Christian charity Open Doors Germany reviewed the experiences of over 6,500 converts – 70% of...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 Nov 2019 | News
An Assyrian Christian has been named among the scores killed so far in nearly a week of protests in Iran over a sharp rise in fuel prices. Ashoor Kalta (Human Rights in Iran) Ashoor Kalta, 37, was killed on Sunday during protests in Fardis, near Karaj, according to...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Nov 2019 | News
Amirsalar Davoudi (Center for Human Rights in Iran) A human rights lawyer who helped an imprisoned Christian convert with his failed bid for a retrial is now seeking a retrial of his own. Amirsalar Davoudi was sentenced in June to 30 years in prison for “collaborating...
