by Steve Dew-Jones | 8 Oct 2024 | News
Pope Francis has chosen the archbishop of the Catholic Church in Iran as one of his new cardinals. Fr Dominique Mathieu, who has led the Tehran-Isfahan archdiocese since 2021, will be one of 21 new cardinals appointed by the pope in December and the first ever to be...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 7 Oct 2024 | Case Studies
(Last updated: June 2026) Case referenced by Article18, USCIRF, Hostage Aid Worldwide, Asia News, Iran International, The Christian Post, Open Doors, National Catholic Register, Church in Chains, International Christian Concern, Hengaw, Premier Christian News, Human...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Oct 2024 | News
The brother-in-law of a Christian convert who remains detained nearly a month after her arrest says he fears his sister-in-law may carry the psychological scars of her ordeal for the rest of her life. Sam Khosravi told Morning Star News that his detained...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 30 Sep 2024 | News
A Christian convert whose only son died during his nearly five years in Evin Prison has been released after his 10-year sentence was reduced by a Tehran appeal court. Mehdi Akbari, who goes by the name Yasser, was released yesterday after his sentence was reduced to...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Sep 2024 | Case Studies
Case referenced by Article18, The Mirror, Church in Chains, Premier Christian News, Voice of the Martyrs, Barnabas Aid Summary Mehdi Akbari, who is known as Yasser, was given a 10-year prison sentence in October 2020 for “acting against national security by forming a...
