by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Oct 2024 | Reports
Over five times as many Iranian Christian refugees were resettled in the United States last year than in 2020, according to a new report, but there are fears the trend may only be temporary. Two hundred and seventy-eight Iranian Christians were resettled in the 2024...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Oct 2024 | News
Over five times as many Iranian Christian refugees were resettled in the United States last year than in 2020, according to a new report, but there are fears the trend may only be temporary. Two hundred and seventy-eight Iranian Christians were resettled in the 2024...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Oct 2024 | News
Three Christian converts arrested in the northern Iranian city of Nowshahr last month remain in detention in an unknown location nearly a month after their arrest. Jahangir Alikhani, Hamed Malamiri, and Gholam Eshaghi, who were previously arrested at Christmas last...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Oct 2024 | Case Studies
Case referenced by Article18, The Mirror, Church in Chains, Premier Christian News, Voice of the Martyrs, Barnabas Aid Summary Mehdi Akbari, who is known as Yasser, was given a 10-year prison sentence in October 2020 for “acting against national security by forming a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 8 Oct 2024 | News
Pope Francis has chosen the archbishop of the Catholic Church in Iran as one of his new cardinals. Fr Dominique Mathieu, who has led the Tehran-Isfahan archdiocese since 2021, will be one of 21 new cardinals appointed by the pope in December and the first ever to be...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 7 Oct 2024 | Case Studies
Case referenced by Article18, USCIRF, Hostage Aid Worldwide, Asia News, Iran International, The Christian Post, Open Doors, National Catholic Register, Church in Chains, International Christian Concern, Hengaw, Premier Christian News, Human Rights Without Frontiers...
by designer | 4 Oct 2024 | Prisoners
Laleh Saati was sentenced in March 2024 to two years in prison and a two-year travel ban on charges of “acting against national security through communication with Zionist Christian organisations.” Ms. Saati was arrested in February 2024 during a raid by...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Oct 2024 | News
The brother-in-law of a Christian convert who remains detained nearly a month after her arrest says he fears his sister-in-law may carry the psychological scars of her ordeal for the rest of her life. Sam Khosravi told Morning Star News that his detained...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 30 Sep 2024 | News
A Christian convert whose only son died during his nearly five years in Evin Prison has been released after his 10-year sentence was reduced by a Tehran appeal court. Mehdi Akbari, who goes by the name Yasser, was released yesterday after his sentence was reduced to...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 27 Sep 2024 | News
A Christian convert serving a two-year sentence in Evin Prison on charges related to her Christian activities has been denied parole because she refused to record a forced confession and public disavowal of reports about her case, according to Persian-language news...
