by Steve Dew-Jones | 11 Apr 2023 | News
An Iranian Christian couple serving a combined 10 years in prison for belonging to a house-church have had their third application for a retrial accepted. Sara Ahmadi, who will turn 45 on Friday, and Homayoun Zhaveh, who is 64 and has advanced Parkinson’s disease,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 8 Apr 2023 | Notes from Prison
This is the tenth in a series of articles by Mojtaba Hosseini, an Iranian convert to Christianity who spent more than three years in prison in the southern city of Shiraz because of his membership of a house-church. Mojtaba’s first note from...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 1 Apr 2023 | Notes from Prison
This is the ninth in a series of articles by Mojtaba Hosseini, an Iranian convert to Christianity who spent more than three years in prison in the southern city of Shiraz because of his membership of a house-church. Mojtaba’s first note from prison explained his...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 30 Mar 2023 | News
Two UN special rapporteurs and an Assyrian Christian couple forced to flee Iran after being sentenced to a combined 15 years in prison joined representatives from Article18 and Open Doors International at the UN Human Rights Council launch of our joint annual report...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Mar 2023 | News
Left to right: Mojtaba Hosseini, Nazila Ghanea, Fiona Bruce, Sara Fooladi, Mansour Borji. The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Nazila Ghanea, joined Article18’s director, Mansour Borji, and two Iranian Christian survivors of persecution,...
by designer | 26 Mar 2023 | News
These texts share the experiences and challenges of refugees who spent years in Turkey and, after facing various issues—including economic, cultural, and social difficulties—eventually succeeded in being resettled in Western countries, where they have now begun a new...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Mar 2023 | Notes from Prison
This is the eighth in a series of articles by Mojtaba Hosseini, an Iranian convert to Christianity who spent more than three years in prison in the southern city of Shiraz because of his membership of a house-church. Mojtaba’s first note from...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Mar 2023 | Notes from Prison
This is the seventh in a series of articles by Mojtaba Hosseini, an Iranian convert to Christianity who spent more than three years in prison in the southern city of Shiraz because of his membership of a house-church. Mojtaba’s first note from...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 Mar 2023 | News
Iran’s Supreme Court has agreed that an ethnic Armenian pastor serving a 10-year prison sentence for holding church services in his home should be afforded a retrial. The ruling by the ninth branch of the Supreme Court, dated 25 February, was communicated to Joseph...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 14 Mar 2023 | News
A church of huge significance for Iranian Christians is set to be sold by an organisation headed by Iran’s Supreme Leader. The Assemblies of God church in Gorgan, northeast Iran, has over the years been led by some of the most well-known Iranian pastors,...
