by Steve Dew-Jones | 31 Oct 2019 | News
A 65-year-old convert to Christianity had his bail increased tenfold at a court hearing in Shiraz last week. Esmaeil Maghrebinezhad was charged with “propaganda against the state and insulting the sacred Iranian establishment” following his arrest at his home on 25...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 30 Oct 2019 | News
As the Iranian state propaganda machine continues to churn out the message that Christians in Iran enjoy equal rights and “full religious freedom”, Article18 talks to campaigner Dabrina Bet-Tamraz, who was specifically mentioned in a recent video by...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Oct 2019 | News
Christian convert Ebrahim Firouzi has returned home after six years in prison for his religious activities, but he now faces two years’ exile in remote Sistan and Baluchestan province. Ebrahim, 32, has requested a few weeks at home first, though there is no guarantee...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Oct 2019 | Reports
Christian converts seeking asylum in Germany are half as likely to succeed in their applications today as they were two years ago, according to this survey . by Christian charity Open Doors Germany reviewed the experiences of over 6,500 converts – 70% of whom are...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Oct 2019 | News
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...
