by Steve Dew-Jones | 4 Jan 2023 | News
Vank Church in Isfahan. The annual Christmas and New Year celebrations at the most famous Armenian church in Iran were cancelled this year, in what has been viewed by many as a signal of solidarity with protesters. Christmas decorations and a fireworks display on New...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 5 Dec 2022 | News
A Christian convert recently released after nearly five years’ imprisonment for “acting against national security” is now mourning the death of his mother. Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh, 61, was “pardoned” in October, having been in Tehran’s Evin Prison since January 2018....
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Dec 2022 | News
The Iranian regime continues to use the voices of its recognised Christian minority as part of its propaganda drive against the ongoing protests in the country. A copy of one of the four statements from Assyrian and Armenian churches in Tehran over the past two weeks....
by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Nov 2022 | News
Left to right: Ahmad Sarparast, Morteza Mashoodkari, and Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh. Three “Church of Iran” members serving five-year prison sentences for “spreading deviant beliefs contrary to Islam” have been cleared of wrongdoing in a second trial on identical...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Nov 2022 | News
Article18 director Mansour Borji has welcomed yesterday’s historic decision by UN Human Rights Council members to send a fact-finding mission to investigate claims of human rights violations related to the ongoing protests. 🔴 BREAKING At its 35th special...
