by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 May 2022 | News
Left to right: Ahmad Sarparast, Morteza Mashoodkari, and Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh. Three house-church members already facing five-year prison sentences remain in detention more than a week after they were re-arrested. Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh and Ahmad Sarparast were arrested...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 May 2022 | News
‘Challenging Minority Discrimination in Iran’ was the title of a conference held at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday. The two-hour discussion was hosted by Italian MEP Fabio Massimo Castaldo, and jointly organised by Minority Rights Group...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 11 May 2022 | Features
Nima Rezaei, born in the year of the Iranian Revolution, was just one month old when his father died. The impact of this event on him and his mother was so profound that, as a teenager, it led him to stray onto the wrong path, culminating in a 13-year battle against...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 May 2022 | Witness Statements
For a summary of Nima’s story, you can read our feature article here. Background 1. My name is Nima Rezaei and I was born in 1979 in the city of Sari, in Mazandaran province [northern Iran]. When I was 40 days old, my father died in an accident. Since my mother was...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 May 2022 | News
Left to right: Behnam Akhlaghi, Morteza Mashoodkari, Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh, Ahmad Sarparast, and Babak Hosseinzadeh. Four “Church of Iran” members already facing criminal charges relating to the practice of their faith, with two having spent over two years...
