by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 Oct 2019 | News
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...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 Oct 2019 | News
Sixty-two-year-old Christian convert Rokhsareh Ghanbari presented herself at Shahid Kachooei Prison in her home city of Karaj yesterday to begin a one-year jail sentence. Rokhsareh, who prefers to be known as Mahrokh, recorded a short video message before going to...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Oct 2019 | News
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...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Oct 2019 | News
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...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 7 Oct 2019 | News
US President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a ‘Protect Religious Freedom’ event in New York last month. (Twitter @SecPompeo) Pro-government media in Iran have launched a fresh propaganda drive in response to...
