by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Jul 2021 | News
Left to right: Alireza Varak-Shah, Hojjat Lotfi Khalaf, Mohammad Ali (Davoud) Torabi, and Esmaeil Narimanpour. (MEC) Eight Christian converts in the southwestern city of Dezful have been summoned to answer charges of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran”....
by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 Jul 2021 | Analysis
Embed from Getty Images An Iranian human rights lawyer says the latest move by the judiciary to stifle the independence of lawyers shows the presence of “even a small number of human rights defenders is intolerable for the judiciary”. Hossein Ahmadiniaz, who now lives...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 14 Jul 2021 | News
A photo of the front of the house during the bishop’s time there, courtesy of the Dehqani-Tafti family. The former house of Iran’s first ethnic Persian Anglican bishop is to be turned into a museum, according to the state-funded Mehr News Agency. As...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Jul 2021 | Analysis
Photo: IranWire An Iranian-Assyrian Christian claims he was denied a promotion and received much less compensation than he was entitled to after an injury at work – only because he is a Christian. “Farough” told IranWire that after losing three fingers due to a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 6 Jul 2021 | Analysis
“We do not encourage people to change their religion,” says Iranian-Armenian Catholic archbishop Sarkis Davidian in a video published yesterday by Roshangar Media. The Iranian state propaganda machine continues to use the country’s recognised Christian minority groups...
