by Steve Dew-Jones | 1 Feb 2021 | News
Habib Heydari (left), and brothers Sam (centre) and Sasan Khosravi. An appeals court in the southwestern Iranian city of Bushehr has upheld the one-year prison sentences given to three Christian converts for “propagating against the Islamic Republic through promoting...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Jan 2021 | News
There are currently at least 15 Christians in prison in Iran for alleged ‘actions against national security’. An Iranian news agency linked to the Revolutionary Guard Corps has reported the arrest of a “network” of Christians in “several provinces” for...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 Jan 2021 | News
Iranian Christian convert Fatemeh (Mary) Mohammadi has been arrested again – this time for alleged “improper” hijab – and continues to be denied employment a year after her latest release from prison. The 22-year-old was arrested by Iran’s “morality...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Jan 2021 | News
Ebrahim Raisi is head of Iran’s judiciary, which was responsible for Iran’s response to a recent letter by six UN experts, expressing concern about the “systematic persecution” of Christians. (Photo: hamshahrionline.ir) Iran has denied...
by Mansour Borji | 14 Jan 2021 | News
Iran has risen to eighth place in the latest annual listing of the 50 countries in which the persecution of Christians is most prevalent. The 2021 World Watch List was published yesterday by international Christian charity Open Doors. North Korea, Afghanistan and...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Dec 2020 | Features
Iranian Christian convert Amin Afshar-Naderi has spoken exclusively to Article18 about the “extreme difficulty” he has experienced in “six years of uncertainty” since his arrest at a Christmas gathering in December 2014. Amin was arrested alongside his pastor,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Dec 2020 | News
Mohammad Moghiseh has earned the nickname the ‘Judge of Death’ for his harsh treatment of prisoners of conscience. (Photo: Fars/Ali Khara) More details have emerged of the harsh treatment of four Christian converts sentenced in October to a combined 35 years in...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 11 Dec 2020 | News
There are renewed fears over a parliamentary bill that threatens to facilitate the further repression of Iran’s religious minorities. The bill was initially passed by the parliament in May but sent back for amendments by the Guardian Council a month later. And...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Dec 2020 | Features
Peyman and Leila’s one-year-old daughter, Armita, was present when officers from Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence raided their house-church leadership meeting in Isfahan in February 2013. In the end, it provided the couple with an excuse to leave, as Armita had a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Dec 2020 | Analysis
Embed from Getty Images By Mansour Borji Every year at Christmas, Iranian regime figures line up to offer their best wishes to their Christian compatriots. Such well-wishing is a well-established practice of the regime, dating back to founding father Ayatollah...
