by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 Sep 2024 | News
A Christian convert arrested a week ago in the southern city of Shiraz is still being held in an infamous detention centre belonging to the Ministry of Intelligence. Mojdeh Falahi, 36, whose two older sisters were arrested five years ago for their Christian...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 6 Sep 2024 | Features
A British-Iranian who spent over four years in Tehran’s Evin Prison says claims by Islamic Republic officials that “no-one is imprisoned in Iran because of their beliefs” are “among the 1000s of lies they have said”. “This can be considered one of those many...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Sep 2024 | Reports
The Iranian authorities’ “systematic” and “targeted” dissemination of disinformation about religious minorities, including Christians, has been highlighted in a report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The report, ‘Misinformation and...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Sep 2024 | News
Embed from Getty Images The Iranian authorities’ “systematic” and “targeted” dissemination of disinformation about religious minorities, including Christians, has been highlighted in a report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Aug 2024 | News
The case files of over 300 Christians who faced charges related to their faith and religious activities are among the over 3 million prosecutions leaked by hackers of the Tehran judiciary’s website over the past six months, a study by Article18 has revealed. The data,...