by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Jun 2022 | News
Left to right: Maryam (Khadijeh) Mohammadi, Anooshavan Avedian, and Abbas Souri. A 60-year-old Iranian-Armenian Christian is awaiting a summons to begin his 10-year prison sentence for “engaging in propaganda contrary to and disturbing to the holy religion of Islam”....
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Jun 2022 | News
Photographs showing some of the Christian events that took place at the retreat centre, and of the confiscation order. A Protestant Church-owned retreat centre appropriated four years ago by an institution headed by Iran’s Supreme Leader is now in the process of being...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 27 Jun 2022 | News
Left to right: Ahmad Sarparast, Morteza Mashoodkari, and Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh Three house-church members who have been held for over a month in solitary confinement have now been informed that their appeals against five-year prison sentences have been rejected. Ahmad...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 24 Jun 2022 | Case Studies
Case referenced by Article18, Iran International, The Christian Post, Asia News, International Christian Concern, Info Chrétienne, Church in Chains, Middle East Concern, Stefanus Alliance, Barnabas Fund, The Baptist Paper, Voice of the Martyrs Summary Iranian-Armenian...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 24 Jun 2022 | Case Studies
(Last updated: April 2025) Case referenced by Article18, International Institute for Religious Freedom, Christian Today, Info Chrétienne, HRANA, Church in Chains, International Liberty Association, Asia News, Mohabat News, Middle East Concern, Barnabas Fund Summary...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 22 Jun 2022 | News
Embed from Getty Images Iran has once again denied imprisoning anyone because of their beliefs, in a strongly-worded response to the UN Secretary-General’s latest annual report on the the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic. “No one is prosecuted...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 22 Jun 2022 | News
There are renewed concerns over the health of a 60-year-old Christian convert, who has spent the past four and a half years in Tehran’s Evin Prison because of his membership of a house-church. Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence on...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 7 Jun 2022 | News
Malihe Nazari (left), Joseph Shahbazian and Mina Khajavi face a combined 22 years in prison. An Iranian-Armenian pastor has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and two Christian women converts to six years for their leadership roles within house-churches. The...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 6 Jun 2022 | Features
When the Shekoohi family converted to Christianity, it was a decision for which every member would pay a heavy price. For the father, Esmail, it meant more than three years in prison. It also meant nine months in prison for the mother, Fariba, while their son, Nima,...
by designer | 2 Jun 2022 | News
Left to right: Maryam (Khadijeh) Mohammadi, Anooshavan Avedian, and Abbas Souri. An appeal court has upheld a 10-year prison sentence for a house-church leader issued by a notorious judge. Anooshavan Avedian, an Iranian-Armenian Christian, faces 10 years in...
