by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Oct 2019 | News
Dabrina Bet-Tamraz (Twitter) Dabrina Bet-Tamraz says Christians in Iran are “seen as cooperating with America to take the throne from Iran”. “This is something they [the Iranian authorities] say,” said the daughter of pastor Victor Bet-Tamraz and...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 27 Sep 2019 | News
Yousef Nadarkhani with his two sons, Danial (right) and Youeil, before his incarceration. Christian prisoner Yousef Nadarkhani has gone on hunger strike to protest against his son being barred from school because he refused to take Islamic classes. Youeil, 15, was due...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Sep 2019 | News
Asghar Salehi (left) and Mohammed Reza Rezaei. Three converts to Christianity have been sentenced to six months in prison for “propaganda against the system through promoting Zionist Christianity”, reports Middle East Concern. Asghar Salehi, 43, Mohammad Reza Rezaei,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 24 Sep 2019 | News
The daughter of an Iranian-Assyrian pastor facing ten years in prison for his Christian activities has called on the international community to “hold Iran accountable” and prioritise the “foundational human right” of religious freedom. “Every person has the right to...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Sep 2019 | News
Embed from Getty Images Churches and synagogues in Tehran are no longer tax exempt, according to a report from Iranian Christian news agency Mohabat News. The Assyrian representative to the Iranian parliament, Yonathan Betkolia, criticised the move, saying churches...
