by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Aug 2013 | News
Three Christian converts arrested last month in the north-western city of Tabriz remain in detention. Farshid Modares, Mohammad Reza Piri and Yashar Farzin-No were arrested by security forces on 11 July. There is still no information about the charges they are facing....
by Steve Dew-Jones | 31 Jul 2013 | News
Christian convert Mostafa Bordbar has been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for “gathering with intent to commit crimes against Iranian national security”. The verdict, which was communicated today to his lawyer, Shima Ghosheh, was issued by Branch 26...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Jul 2013 | News
The Revolutionary Court in Shiraz on Tuesday 16 July handed heavy jail sentences to eight members of the “Church of Iran”. Mohammad (Vahid) Roghangir was sentenced to six years in prison; Massoud Rezaei to five; Mehdi Ameruni and Bigan Farokhpour Haghighi to three;...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Jul 2013 | News
Ebrahim Firouzi, a Christian convert and prisoner of conscience, has been sentenced to one year in prison followed by two years in exile in the far-southeastern city of Sarbaz, in Sistan and Baluchestan province. Ebrahim was arrested on 7 March, and released on bail...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Jul 2013 | News
Pastor Robert Asseriyan, a leader of the Central Assemblies of God Church in Tehran, was released from Evin Prison yesterday. Pastor Asseriyan was arrested on Tuesday, 21 May when security forces stormed his home and then the church service he was leading. He was then...
