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...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Jan 2023 | Witness Statements
For a summary of Ali and Zahra’s story, you can read our feature article here. Background Ali 1. My name is Ali Kazemian, and I was born in Shiraz, in 1969, to a Muslim family. For a while, I followed the rules and ceremonies of Islam as much as I could, but I...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Jan 2023 | News
The countries in red are those ranked “extreme” in their persecution of Christians; for those in orange, persecution is described as “very high”. (Photo: Open Doors International) Iran has risen back to eighth place on an annual list of the...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Jan 2023 | News
Rev Hossein Soodmand’s hanging for “apostasy” in 1990 remains the only such example among the Iranian Christian community, though others have been sentenced to death for the “crime” or killed outside of court. Iran refrained from...
