by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 Feb 2022 | Case Studies
(Last updated: December 2023) Left to right: Ahmad Sarparast, Morteza Mashoodkari, and Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh Case referenced by Article18, Premier Christian News, IranWire, Iran News Wire, HRANA, International Christian Concern, CSW, Middle East Concern. Summary...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 14 Feb 2022 | News
Behnam Akhlaghi (left) and Babak Hosseinzadeh. Two of the nine converts cleared by a Supreme Court judge of “acting against national security” have now been charged with “propaganda against the state”. Just six weeks after they were released from prison pending a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Feb 2022 | News
Javaid Rehman (UN Web TV) The UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Iran has reiterated his “concern” at the regime’s “continued repression of religious minorities”, including arresting Christians “for the practice of their beliefs”. In his latest report,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Feb 2022 | News
Three converts from the northern city of Rasht have been summoned to begin serving prison sentences of between two and five years for “acting against national security” by attending a house-church and “spreading ‘Zionist’ Christianity”. Ramin Hassanpour, his wife...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Feb 2022 | News
The “heroic act” of converting to any other religion than Islam was the central talking point in yesterday’s webinar on “The Persecution of Christians in Iran”, hosted by IranWire’s Maziar Bahari and featuring Article18’s Mansour Borji and three Christian former...
