by Steve Dew-Jones | 4 Jun 2021 | News
An Iranian Christian convert has begun serving his nine-month prison sentence for “propaganda against the Islamic Republic by promoting evangelical Christianity”. Reza Zaeemi, 40, handed himself in to the authorities at the Karaj Central Prison on Wednesday, 2 June,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Jun 2021 | News
Bigan Farokhpour Haghighi with his wife, Marzieh, and their 17-year-old son Sina. An Iranian Christian convert who was facing the threat of imminent deportation from Turkey has been granted protected status as a recognised refugee. Bigan Farokhpour Haghighi, who will...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 27 May 2021 | News
An Iranian Christian convert with advanced Parkinson’s disease and his wife have been told they must submit themselves to Tehran’s Evin Prison by 15 June. Homayoun Zhaveh, 62, and Sara Ahmadi, 43, face two and eight years in prison, respectively, for belonging to a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 12 May 2021 | News
Left to right: Milad Goodarzi, Amin Khaki, and Alireza Nourmohammadi. Three Christian converts in Fardis, near Tehran, have become the first known examples of Christians being charged under the contentious recent amendments to the Iranian penal code. Amin Khaki, Milad...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 8 May 2021 | Features
Bita and the 12 girls she looked after for over a decade and who she still refers to as her “daughters”. Foster mother Bita Rezaee was known as “auntie” to the 12 girls she had looked after for over a decade when she was arrested in April 2015....
