by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Nov 2025 | News
The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution expressing “serious concern” about “increasing” restrictions on the right to freedom of religion or belief in Iran. The resolution, passed yesterday by 79 votes for to 28 against, with...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Nov 2025 | News
At least two Iranian Christian converts have submitted themselves to begin prison sentences on “national security” charges related to their involvement in a house-church. Hossein Mohammadi, who is known as Daniel, and Zahra Gholami, known as Hannah,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 31 Oct 2025 | News
The UN’s Special Rapporteur (SR) on human rights in Iran highlighted the recent arrest of Christians on accusations of “espionage” or “collaboration” with Israel during her address to the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee yesterday. Mai Sato was speaking as part...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 22 Oct 2025 | News
A 61-year-old Christian convert is free after nearly two years in prison on charges related to her leadership of a house-church. Mina Khajavi, who suffers from arthritis and was denied medical care during her imprisonment, was released from Evin Prison on Monday after...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 Oct 2025 | News
The chair of the independent US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has said its commissioners “abhor” the recent sentencing of five Iranian Christian converts “on propaganda charges for religious activities”. Hessamuddin Mohammad Junaidi,...
