by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Oct 2024 | Reports
Over five times as many Iranian Christian refugees were resettled in the United States last year than in 2020, according to a new report, but there are fears the trend may only be temporary. Two hundred and seventy-eight Iranian Christians were resettled in the 2024...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Oct 2024 | News
Over five times as many Iranian Christian refugees were resettled in the United States last year than in 2020, according to a new report, but there are fears the trend may only be temporary. Two hundred and seventy-eight Iranian Christians were resettled in the 2024...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Oct 2024 | News
Three Christian converts arrested in the northern Iranian city of Nowshahr last month remain in detention in an unknown location nearly a month after their arrest. Jahangir Alikhani, Hamed Malamiri, and Gholam Eshaghi, who were previously arrested at Christmas last...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Oct 2024 | Case Studies
Case referenced by Article18, The Mirror, Church in Chains, Premier Christian News, Voice of the Martyrs, Barnabas Aid Summary Mehdi Akbari, who is known as Yasser, was given a 10-year prison sentence in October 2020 for “acting against national security by forming a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 8 Oct 2024 | News
Pope Francis has chosen the archbishop of the Catholic Church in Iran as one of his new cardinals. Fr Dominique Mathieu, who has led the Tehran-Isfahan archdiocese since 2021, will be one of 21 new cardinals appointed by the pope in December and the first ever to be...