by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Sep 2026 | News
A new report by two American Christian organisations has discovered that zero individuals claiming asylum on grounds of religious persecution have been accepted for resettlement in the United States this year. “We anticipate that [fiscal year] 2026 will be the first...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 11 Sep 2026 | News
Two UN experts sent an official communication to the Islamic Republic of Iran over the summer, demanding a response to allegations that the oldest Protestant church in Iran faced confiscation and the residents of its compound eviction. The communication about St...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 1 Sep 2026 | News
A Canadian couple who “couldn’t sleep” after reading about the plight of an Iranian Christian convert deported from the United States to Panama have helped to sponsor her resettlement to Canada. According to the New York Times, Ian and Naomi Elliot, who are in their...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Aug 2026 | Analysis
This article, written by US-based lawyer Jason Ian Poblete, was first published on his Substack and is republished here with kind permission. Some years ago, a man I once represented, an American, was put to death by the Islamic Republic of Iran. America could not...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 Aug 2026 | News
A Catholic convert serving a sentence of over nine years in Evin Prison on charges of “propaganda against the state” and “gathering and collusion against national security” has written a moving letter, reporting having been raped in a Ministry of Intelligence...
