by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Apr 2025 | News
The mother of an Iranian-Armenian pastor who has been held in Tehran’s Evin Prison for over two months has passed away. Joseph Shahbazian’s mother, who was 79 years old and for whose care Joseph had been primarily responsible, died yesterday at her home in Tehran. The...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Apr 2025 | Features
An extract from a recent BBC recording from British-Iranian bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani, daughter of the first Persian bishop of Iran and sister of a martyr of the Iranian Church. My life experiences have compelled me to reflect deeply on the themes of suffering,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Apr 2025 | News
The mandates of the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran and independent fact-finding mission (FFM) have both been renewed by the Human Rights Council. The mandates were voted through today by 24 votes in favour to eight against, with 15 abstentions. The...
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...
