by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Jul 2026 | News
The sentences of five Christians condemned to a combined over 70 years in prison for ordinary Christian activities, such as praying, performing baptisms, taking Communion and celebrating Christmas, have been upheld by an appeals court. The five Christians, including...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 1 Jul 2026 | News
A Presbyterian church in Tehran is set to be seized, after residents in the church compound were ordered to leave their homes and worshippers told to find a different church. The confiscation of St Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran and eviction of its residents,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Jun 2026 | Features
Iranian-Assyrian pastor Victor Bet-Tamraz used to lead a Persian-speaking church in Tehran, until the church was forbidden from holding services in the national language, or allowing converts to enter. The year was 2009, when the pressure on Persian-speaking churches...
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...
