by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Mar 2021 | News
A Christian convert with advanced Parkinson’s disease and his wife have been summoned to begin their prison sentences for belonging to a house-church. Homayoun Zhaveh, who is 62 years old, and his wife Sara Ahmadi, 42, received the summons on Friday, telling them to...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 22 Mar 2021 | Features
Iranian Christian prisoner of conscience Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh has written a poem on the occasion of the Persian New Year, or Nowruz. Nasser, who is 59 years old, is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Tehran’s Evin Prison because of his membership of a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Mar 2021 | Features
Even today, suspicion follows Mostafa. It’s been years since his acquittal from a long prison sentence, and some still question how he was able to escape. Was it by divulging information about the activities of the house-church network of which he was a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 Mar 2021 | Analysis
This article was written by Mindy Belz, senior editor at WORLD Magazine. It was first published on the WORLD website on 11 March, under the headline “Waiting in a risky place”, and is reproduced here with kind permission. Asylum-seekers wait behind razor...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 Mar 2021 | News
An Iranian Christian convert with advanced Parkinson’s disease and his wife have been told to expect a summons any day to begin their prison sentences for belonging to a house-church. Homayoun Zhaveh, who is 62, and his wife Sara Ahmadi, 42, were sentenced in November...