Nine converts given five-year sentences

Nine converts given five-year sentences

Clockwise from top-left: Mohammad Vafadar, Kamal Naamanian, Hossein Kadivar, Khalil Dehghanpour, Behnam Akhlaghi, Mehdi Khatibi, Babak Hosseinzadeh, Shahrooz Eslamdoust and Abdolreza (Matthias) Ali-Haghnejad. (Middle East Concern) Nine converts have been sentenced to...
Yousef Nadarkhani ends hunger strike after 21 days

Yousef Nadarkhani ends hunger strike after 21 days

Iranian Christian prisoner Yousef Nadarkhani yesterday brought an end to his 21-day hunger strike. Yousef, who is serving a ten-year sentence for his Christian activities, was protesting against his 15-year-old son Youeil being barred from school because he refused to...
Amin Khaki remains in prison as friends go home

Amin Khaki remains in prison as friends go home

Left to right: Yaghoob Nateghi, Milad Goodarzi, Amin Khaki, Alireza Nourmohammadi and Shahab Shahi. Four converts have completed their jail sentences and returned home. A fifth member of the group remains in prison. Milad Goodarzi, Yaghoob Nateghi, Shahab Shahi and...
Iranians dominate religious freedom victims list

Iranians dominate religious freedom victims list

Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh is among nine Christians named in the list by USCIRF. Iranians account for over half of all the victims of religious freedom violations named in a new list by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom.  The list, which does not...