by Steve Dew-Jones | 6 Nov 2019 | Features
It’s now more than six years since Maryam Bateni Nia and her husband Reza Mousavi fled Iran, where Maryam faced a one-year jail sentence for her involvement in house-churches, to seek asylum in Turkey. And there they remain. Tired, fearful and devoid of hope. In those...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 5 Nov 2019 | News
The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran has reiterated his concerns over the “disturbing” treatment of religious minorities in Iran, including Christian converts, who he says are “consistently persecuted”. Javaid Rehman, speaking at a press conference...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 4 Nov 2019 | News
An imprisoned Iranian Christian convert has written an open letter questioning why involvement in house-churches is an “action against national security”. “Today marks more than two years since I have been detained in prison for the fabricated charge of acting against...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 1 Nov 2019 | News
Rev Dr Mehrdad Fatehi made his appeal at a memorial service in London on 19 October. A senior pastor of the UK’s largest Iranian church has called on the Iranian government to ensure the “basic human rights” of Christian converts, as a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 1 Nov 2019 | News
Eight Christians killed for their faith in Iran in the 40 years since the revolution were remembered at a memorial service in London last month. Anglican pastor Arastoo Sayyah was murdered just eight days after the revolution, while 2019 also marks 25 years since the...
