by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Nov 2024 | News
A Christian convert has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges including engaging in “propaganda” by “propagating Christianity”, an Iranian Christian news site has reported. The convert, Toomaj Aryan-Kia, was also convicted of “collaborating” with the...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 8 Nov 2024 | News
The new UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran has pledged to “examine” the impact of Iran’s restrictions on religious freedom as part of an “intersectional” approach to rights violations. In her first address to the UN...
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...
