by Steve Dew-Jones | 31 Mar 2025 | News
Two brothers who were arrested at a Christmas gathering over three years ago have both been sentenced to four years in prison, fined, and exiled from their home province for two years after their release. Christian converts Mahmoud Mardani-Kharaji, 56, and his brother...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Mar 2025 | Analysis
Providing detainees with access to their holy books and religious instruction should be considered among the “minimum standards” that States must respect in order not to violate their rights, according to the UN’s Special Rapporteur (SR) on Freedom of Religion or...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 26 Mar 2025 | Reports
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has called on the US government to ensure that religious refugees from Iran are always accepted, as it recommended once again that Iran be re-designated a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) for...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 26 Mar 2025 | News
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has called on the US government to ensure that religious refugees from Iran are always accepted, as it recommended once again that Iran be re-designated a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) for...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Mar 2025 | Analysis
Two Easters ago, the retiring Anglican archbishop responsible for the ailing diocese of Iran – Cyprus-based Englishman Michael Lewis – received a visit from a handful of his Iranian congregants. “If the Archbishop can’t come to Iran, Iran will come...
