by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Jan 2019 | News
Christian convert Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh is now one year into his ten-year jail sentence for “acting against national security through the establishment of ‘house churches’”. Nasser, who is 57 years old, was first arrested in June 2016 alongside three Azerbaijanis at...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Jan 2019 | Features
Iranian-Armenian church leader Haik Hovsepian disappeared on 19 January 1994. His family were notified of his death 11 days later, on 30 January. He was found with multiple stab wounds to his chest. Haik’s forced disappearance came just three days after the release...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Jan 2019 | News
Two converts were asked to renounce their faith during their appeal hearing on 15 January in Tehran. Saheb Fadaie and Fatemeh Bakhtari When Saheb Fadaie and Fatemeh Bakhtari refused, the presiding judges, Hassan Babaee and Ahmad Zargar, told them to expect their...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Jan 2019 | Reports
This report is the result of collaboration between Article18, Middle East Concern, CSW, and Open Doors International. Executive Summary During 2018, the Iranian Christian community, along with other religious minorities, continued to suffer multiple violations of...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Jan 2019 | Reports
Iran’s mistreatment of religious minorities, including the imprisonment of 37 converts to Christianity, is highlighted in the Iran chapter of Human Rights Watch’s latest annual World Report. “As of September 30, Iran has sentenced 37 Christians who...
