by Steve Dew-Jones | 24 Nov 2025 | News
A Christian convert who had to undergo spinal surgery after falling out of her bunk bed in Evin Prison was rushed back to hospital earlier this month after catching an infection. Aida Najaflou, 44, was operated on at the Shahid Tajrish Hospital in Tehran after...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Nov 2025 | News
The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution expressing “serious concern” about “increasing” restrictions on the right to freedom of religion or belief in Iran. The resolution, passed yesterday by 79 votes for to 28 against, with...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Nov 2025 | News
At least two Iranian Christian converts have submitted themselves to begin prison sentences on “national security” charges related to their involvement in a house-church. Hossein Mohammadi, who is known as Daniel, and Zahra Gholami, known as Hannah,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 Nov 2025 | Prisoners
Afghan refugee Kourosh, whose real name is Teymur, is one of three Christian converts serving two-year prison sentences for their participation in a house-church. Kourosh, who is a shoemaker, was arrested at his workplace in Karaj in December 2023, on the same day...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 Nov 2025 | Prisoners
Hannah, whose real name is Zahra, is one of three Christian converts serving two-year prison sentences for their participation in a house-church. Hannah was arrested alongside one of the other converts following a raid on a house-church in Shahriar, near Tehran, in...
