by Steve Dew-Jones | 6 Jan 2023 | News
A “Church of Iran” pastor who had been on leave from prison since last summer was rearrested at a Christmas gathering in Bandar Anzali, north Iran, on 26 December. Two church members were also arrested that evening and, a week later, so was the pastor’s wife....
by Steve Dew-Jones | 5 Jan 2023 | News
Mehdi Bahman with an artwork he presented to representatives of different minority faiths. (Photo: Twitter @FSeifikaran) An Iranian artist and author who once donated an illustrated copy of the Psalms to families of the victims of 9/11 has reportedly been sentenced to...
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....
