by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Dec 2025 | News
A Christian convert who recently fractured her spine while falling out of her Evin Prison bunk bed has been released temporarily on a three-month medical furlough. Aida Najaflou, 44, was released from Evin Prison on Sunday, 21 December, after posting bail equivalent...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Dec 2025 | Witness Statements
For a summary of Alireza’s story, you can read our feature article here. Introduction 1. My name is Alireza Aghajari. I was born in June 1979 to a Muslim family in Shiraz and became acquainted with Islam and its religious practices at the age of 10. From the age of 13...
by designer | 15 Dec 2025 | News
The US State Department has denounced the sentencing of five Iranian Christians to a combined over 50 years in prison. In a post on its Persian-language social media platforms on Thursday, the State Department said it “strongly condemns” Iran’s “repression of...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Dec 2025 | News
Five Iranian Christians have been sentenced to a combined more than 50 years in prison on charges related to ordinary religious activities such as praying, performing baptisms, taking Communion and celebrating Christmas. The five include two former prisoners of...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 8 Dec 2025 | News
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has included Tehran’s Evin Prison among five featured detention centres in a new factsheet about the mistreatment of religious prisoners of conscience. The factsheet, published on 4 December, notes...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Dec 2025 | News
A famous Armenian church in Isfahan has again cancelled its popular Christmas celebrations due to purported “restoration work”. Christmas decorations and a fireworks display on New Year’s Eve are an annual tradition at the Vank Church, drawing huge crowds. But in a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 24 Nov 2025 | News
An Afghan Christian convert and refugee has begun serving a two-year prison sentence in Iran on “national security” charges related to his participation in a house-church, Article18 can confirm. Teymur Hosseini, 45, who is known as Kourosh, began serving his sentence...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 24 Nov 2025 | News
A Christian convert who had to undergo spinal surgery after falling out of her bunk bed in Evin Prison was rushed back to hospital earlier this month after catching an infection. Aida Najaflou, 44, was operated on at the Shahid Tajrish Hospital in Tehran after...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Nov 2025 | News
The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution expressing “serious concern” about “increasing” restrictions on the right to freedom of religion or belief in Iran. The resolution, passed yesterday by 79 votes for to 28 against, with...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Nov 2025 | News
At least two Iranian Christian converts have submitted themselves to begin prison sentences on “national security” charges related to their involvement in a house-church. Hossein Mohammadi, who is known as Daniel, and Zahra Gholami, known as Hannah,...
