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...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Sep 2019 | News
Embed from Getty Images The European Parliament has called on Iran to “amend” the national-security crime laws “regularly used to prosecute human rights defenders, journalists, environmental and trade union activists and members of religious and ethnic minorities”. In...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Sep 2019 | Case Studies
(Last updated: September 2020) Referenced by Article18, HRANA, World Watch Monitor Summary Sevada Aghasar, an Iranian-Armenian Christian, and Ebrahim Firouzi, a Christian convert, were arrested on 21 August 2013, just a week before Ebrahim was due to be summoned to...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Sep 2019 | Case Studies
(Last updated: June 2026) Case referenced by Article18, Middle East Concern, Mohabat News, World Watch Monitor Summary On 24 June 2016, Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh, an Iranian convert to Christianity, was arrested alongside three Christians visiting from Azerbaijan –...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Sep 2019 | Case Studies
This case study, last updated in February 2023, was used as part of a UK government-funded report into the persecution of Christians worldwide. Case referenced by Human Rights Activists News Agency, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Forbes, Middle East...
