by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 May 2024 | News
A Christian convert arrested on Christmas Eve has been released on bail equivalent to more than $10,000 after over four months in detention. Esmaeil Narimanpour, 37, who was previously forced to undergo religious “re-education” with a Muslim cleric, was released on...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 May 2024 | News
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom has once again recommended that Iran be re-designated a “Country of Particular Concern” for “engaging in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom”. In its latest annual report, published...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 May 2024 | Reports
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom has once again recommended that Iran be re-designated a “Country of Particular Concern” for “engaging in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom”. In its latest annual report, published...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 24 Apr 2024 | News
A house-church member who served four months in prison in 2019 for “propaganda against the state” has been charged again with the same “offence”. Shahab Shahi was re-arrested in December 2023 alongside fellow members Alireza Nourmohammadi and Milad Goodarzi – who have...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Apr 2024 | News
Sixty-year-old Christian prisoner of conscience Mina Khajavi is reported to be struggling with pain and unable to access the medical care she requires inside Tehran’s Evin Prison. The Christian convert, who has arthritis and walks with a limp, is serving a six-year...
