by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Mar 2018 | News
A church retreat centre in Karaj has been told that it will be confiscated tomorrow by the Executive Headquarters of Iman’s Directive (EIKO), which is under the direct stewardship of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The ruling by the Third Branch of the Revolutionary Court of...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 6 Mar 2018 | News
Iranian Christian prisoner Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh needs immediate dental treatment, but officials in Tehran’s Evin Prison are refusing to allow him to receive it, despite him being in serious pain, Article18 understands. A source close to him told Article18:...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 5 Feb 2018 | News
Left to right: Victor Bet-Tamraz, Amin Afshar-Naderi, Kavian Fallah-Mohammadi, and Hadi Asgari. Yesterday’s appeal hearing for Iranian-Assyrian pastor Victor Bet-Tamraz and Christian converts Amin Afshar-Naderi, Hadi Asgari and Kavian Fallah-Mohammadi was postponed...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Feb 2018 | News
L to R: Victor Bet-Tamraz, Amin Afshar-Naderi, Kaviyan Fallah-Mohamadi and Hadi Asgari Four UN human rights experts have called on Iran to ensure three Christians facing between 10 and 15 years in prison are given a “fair and transparent final hearing”. Assyrian...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Jan 2018 | News
Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh was today transferred to Evin Prison to begin his 10-year jail sentence for “acting against national security through the establishment of ‘house churches’”. The Christian convert has been taken to Section 8, Hall 10 of the notorious prison in...
