by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Jun 2026 | Witness Statements
For a summary of Victor’s story, you can read our feature article here. Background 1. My name is Victor Bet-Tamraz. I was born in the city of Urmia [northwest Iran] in 1954, and grew up in a nearby village called Digaleh. We lived in the village in the summers,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Jun 2026 | News
A well-known political activist and Christian convert in Iran, Mohammad Nikbakht, has reportedly been threatened with execution, after his two brothers were sentenced to death. Mohammad was violently arrested during a raid on his home in March by “approximately 200...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 11 Jun 2026 | Analysis
A theft yesterday at a Russian Orthodox church in Tehran has shed light again on the types of churches permitted to operate in Iran today, and those that are not. The Church of St Nicholas is the only Russian Orthodox church still functioning in Iran today, when once...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Jun 2026 | News
Two house-church members have been released after serving five-year sentences on charges of “engaging in deviant propaganda contrary to the holy religion of Islam” and “connections with foreign leaders”. Ahmad Sarparast and Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh, who live in the...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 8 Jun 2026 | News
An Evangelical church in Mashhad has been demolished, without warning or explanation. The church, which once offered Persian-speaking services before its forced closure more than two decades ago, was demolished on the morning of 4 June. It is one of several churches...
