by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Apr 2022 | News
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has once again recommended that the State Department re-designates Iran as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom”. In its latest...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Apr 2022 | Reports
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has once again recommended that the State Department re-designates Iran as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom”. In its latest...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 Apr 2022 | News
A 51-year-old woman Christian convert today began serving a two-year prison sentence in Tehran’s Evin prison for “acting against national security by establishing and leading an Evangelical Christian church”. Fariba Dalir, whose case has not been reported until...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 11 Apr 2022 | News
Left to right: Ahmad Sarparast, Morteza Mashoodkari, and Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh. Three converts have been sentenced to five years in prison for “engaging in propaganda and education of deviant beliefs contrary to the holy Sharia” and “connections with foreign leaders”....
by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Mar 2022 | News
Photo: UN/Manuel Elias Article18 has joined with 36 other Iranian and international human rights organisations in calling on all members of the UN Human Rights Council to support the renewal of the mandate of the special rapporteur on human rights in Iran. In a joint...