by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Feb 2021 | News
The UN’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has ruled that the Iranian government is guilty of arbitrarily detaining Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, and called for his immediate release. In a damning verdict, the working group found Iran guilty on four counts –...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 22 Feb 2021 | News
A photograph of Ebrahim Firouzi, above the logo of the Hamgaam council of churches. The Council of United Iranian Churches (Hamgaam) has called on the Iranian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally” release Christian convert Ebrahim Firouzi, and “stop...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Feb 2021 | News
Hassan Rouhani (Photo: dolat.ir) Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has signed into law two controversial amendments to the Penal Code, which it is feared will be used to further clamp down on unrecognised religious minorities, including Christian converts. The...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 Feb 2021 | News
Imprisoned Christian convert Ebrahim Firouzi has ended his hunger strike after receiving assurances he will soon be released and the case against him dismissed. The 34-year-old has been in prison for the past week on charges of “insulting the sacred” (blasphemy) and...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 12 Feb 2021 | News
Exiled and now newly imprisoned Iranian Christian convert Ebrahim Firouzi has declared that he will begin a hunger strike tomorrow and won’t eat anything again until the latest charges against him are dropped. The 34-year-old, who has already spent nearly seven years...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Feb 2021 | News
Javaid Rehman has been the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Iran since July 2018. (Photo: UN) The UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Iran has reiterated his “deep concerns” over “persisting” discrimination against religious minorities in the...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 8 Feb 2021 | News
A screenshot of one of the six videos of Ebrahim Firouzi released over the past week on the Facebook page of Switzerland-based activist Milad Baharian. An Iranian Christian convert who has spent years in prison and is now in internal exile has been summoned to respond...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Feb 2021 | News
Photo: Mission Network News Eleven Christian couples from a city just outside Tehran have been ordered by agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence to sign commitments to refrain from meeting together – either in person or online. After refusing, the Christians...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Feb 2021 | News
In a year dominated by Covid-19, Iran still found time to persecute Christians in 2020, Article18’s annual report reveals. The report, published today in collaboration with Middle East Concern, Open Doors, and CSW, shows that 15 Christians were being held in Tehran’s...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Feb 2021 | Reports
In a year dominated by Covid-19, Iran still found time to persecute Christians in 2020, Article18’s annual report reveals. The report, published today in collaboration with Middle East Concern, Open Doors, and CSW, shows that 15 Christians were being held in Tehran’s...
