by Steve Dew-Jones | 5 Mar 2026 | News
The Islamic Republic of Iran has once again been named among the world’s worst violators of religious freedom (FoRB) by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). In its latest annual report, released yesterday, the independent, bipartisan...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 5 Mar 2026 | Reports
The Islamic Republic of Iran has once again been named among the world’s worst violators of religious freedom (FoRB) by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). In its latest annual report, released yesterday, the independent, bipartisan...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 1 Mar 2026 | News
“Khamenei, one of the most evil men in history, has been killed.” This message from Donald Trump on social media confirmed the death of the leader of the Islamic Republic and provoked a wave of reactions inside and outside Iran. In the following hours,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 27 Feb 2026 | Witness Statements
For a summary of Mostafa’s story, you can read our feature article here. Introduction 1. My name is Mohammad Hadi (Mostafa) Bordbar. I was born in 1986, in Shiraz. I was a teenager, maybe 14 or 15 years old, when I had a car accident and near-death experience and felt...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Feb 2026 | News
The “scapegoating” of Christians, especially after the 12-day war with Israel, is the focus of the 2026 joint annual report on “Rights Violations Against Christians in Iran”, published today by Article18 in partnership with Open Doors, CSW and Middle East...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Feb 2026 | Reports
The “scapegoating” of Christians, especially after the 12-day war with Israel, is the focus of the 2026 joint annual report on “Rights Violations Against Christians in Iran”, published today by Article18 in partnership with Open Doors, CSW and Middle East Concern. The...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Feb 2026 | News
Two more Christian converts are confirmed to have been among those killed by the Islamic Republic’s security forces in its brutal response to last month’s mass demonstrations. Nader Mohammadi, 35, and Zahra Arjomandi, 51, were both shot dead on 8 January in separate...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 30 Jan 2026 | News
The European Union has designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “terrorist organisation”, following in the footsteps of Australia, Canada and the United States. The chair of the European Parliament’s delegation for Iran relations, Hannah Neumann,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Jan 2026 | News
A memorial service was held on Sunday at a Persian-speaking church in Sweden to commemorate the death of a congregant who was among those killed during the recent protests. Ehsan Afshari-Manesh, 39, who arrived in Sweden as a refugee 15 years ago and later became a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Jan 2026 | Features
Here is the transcript of our interview with Solmaz, sister-in-law of Mohsen Rashidi, a 42-year-old Christian convert, husband and father of three girls who was recently confirmed among the many 1000s of protesters killed in recent days. You can also watch the video...
