by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Oct 2022 | News
Photo: Twitter @churchofengland British-Iranian Anglican bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani has written and recorded prayers for the Iran, as protests continue in the wake of the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. Bishop Guli is the daughter of the first Persian...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Oct 2022 | News
Article18 has joined with 42 other civil-society groups in calling on the UN Human Rights Council to “urgently establish an independent, investigative, reporting and accountability mechanism” in response to the Iran regime’s ruthless crackdown on ongoing nationwide...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Oct 2022 | News
Christian prisoner of conscience Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh has been freed after nearly five years in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison. Nasser was told earlier today that he had been “pardoned”. He called his family soon afterwards to tell them the surprising news...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Oct 2022 | News
A fire at a Tehran prison housing hundreds of political prisoners, including a dozen Christians, caused widespread alarm on Saturday night, claiming at least four lives. Many more are believed to have been injured as a result of the fire at Evin Prison, whose cause...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 7 Oct 2022 | Analysis
A version of this article, written by Article18’s director, Mansour Borji, first appeared on the website of The Tablet, under the headline, ‘The people of Iran have spoken – they want this regime gone’. A paint-splattered Iranian embassy. It...
