by Steve Dew-Jones | 4 Feb 2022 | Features
Ali Shahvari was detained for a year, including two months in solitary confinement, following his second arrest for his Christian activities. The former drug addict, who now likes to be called Iman (meaning “faith”), had become a keen evangelist after experiencing a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 4 Feb 2022 | Witness Statements
For a summary of Iman’s story, you can read our feature article here. Background and conversion 1. My name is Ali Shahvari, known by the name Iman, and I was born in Tehran in 1968. In 1996, I met my wife, Azam, who lived in our neighbourhood, and we...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 1 Feb 2022 | News
Left to right: Ahmad Sarparast, Morteza Mashoodkari, and Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh. Three converts from the northern city of Rasht are the latest to be charged under last year’s controversial amendments to Article 500 of the penal code, and could now face up to 10 years in...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 1 Feb 2022 | News
Left to right: Mohammad Ali (Davoud) Torabi, Mohammad Kayidgap, Esmaeil Narimanpour, and Alireza Varak-Shah, four of the eight Christian converts cleared of any criminal offence. A group of Christian converts cleared of any wrongdoing in November are now being forced...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 27 Jan 2022 | News
Clockwise from top-left: Shahrooz Eslamdoust, Mehdi Khatibi, Babak Hosseinzadeh, Hossein Kadivar, Mohammad Vafadar, Abdolreza (Matthias) Ali-Haghnejad, Behnam Akhlaghi, Khalil Dehghanpour, Kamal Naamanian Eight of the nine converts recently released from prison...
