by Steve Dew-Jones | 30 Jan 2023 | News
Dabrina Bet-Tamraz (second from right) speaking at the European Parliament launch of the Open Doors World Watch List last week. The daughter of Iranian-Assyrian church leaders, who were forced to flee Iran after being sentenced to a combined 15 years in prison, has...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 27 Jan 2023 | News
These are just some of the faces of the Iranian Christians who have been detained in Turkey in recent weeks. Article18 has received firsthand testimonies from five Iranian Christian refugee families – 17 individuals in total – who have been arrested in...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Jan 2023 | News
The son of a murdered Iranian pastor has produced a short film in protest against state executions in Iran. Joseph Hovsepian, whose father Haik was murdered in January 1994, posted the film, ‘We Will Win’, on his Instagram page following the first public executions of...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Jan 2023 | News
Malihe Nazari (left) and Sara Ahmadi. Two Iranian Christian converts are among 30 women prisoners of conscience to have signed a joint statement denouncing state executions in Iran, as protesters continue to be sentenced to death. Sara Ahmadi and Malihe Nazari, who...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Jan 2023 | Features
“Sometimes, even though I’ll be sitting next to my family, it will be as though I’m not there. I’ll stare at a fixed point in the distance for some time. My wife also exhibits the same kind of behaviour.” These are the words of Ali Kazemian, more...
