by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Dec 2025 | Prisoners
Nayereh has been serving a 10-year prison sentence in Semnan Prison since two days before Christmas 2025. She and her husband, Qasem, were among the Christians arrested in the days after the 12-day war with Israel, in connection with their attendance at a seminar in...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Dec 2025 | News
A Christian convert who recently fractured her spine while falling out of her Evin Prison bunk bed has been released temporarily on a three-month medical furlough. Aida Najaflou, 44, was released from Evin Prison on Sunday, 21 December, after posting bail equivalent...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 Dec 2025 | Case Studies
(Last updated: December 2025) Summary Iranian-Armenian couple Joseph and Lida Shahbazian and Christian converts Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh, Aida Najaflou and another woman whose name cannot be publicised were sentenced to a combined over 70 years in prison in October...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Dec 2025 | Prisoners
Mansour and his brother Mahmoud were arrested at a Christmas gathering in 2021 and later sentenced to four years in prison on “propaganda” charges related to their involvement in a house-church. The two brothers began serving their sentences ahead of Christmas 2025...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Dec 2025 | Witness Statements
For a summary of Alireza’s story, you can read our feature article here. Introduction 1. My name is Alireza Aghajari. I was born in June 1979 to a Muslim family in Shiraz and became acquainted with Islam and its religious practices at the age of 10. From the age of 13...
