by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 Sep 2020 | News
Javaid Rehman (UN Web TV) The UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Iran has once again called on Iran to “immediately and unconditionally release all those imprisoned for exercising their right to freedom of religion or belief”. In his latest report, released...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 14 Sep 2020 | News
Youhan Omidi with his wife Maryam and daughters Sara and Sandra. Today, four weeks after leaving prison, Iranian convert Mohammad Reza (Youhan) Omidi journeyed south to begin his exile more than 1,000km from his home and family. Youhan, who completed his two-year...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Sep 2020 | News
Left to right: Kavian Fallah-Mohammadi, Amin Afshar-Naderi, and Hadi Asgari. Three Iranian Christian converts whose appeals against a combined 35 years in prison were recently rejected want to let their supporters know they are safe and well outside the country. The...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 7 Sep 2020 | News
The former Archbishop of Wales, Barry Morgan (bottom left), and former bishop of Oxford, John Pritchard (right), have been among the leading Anglican figures to endorse the NCRI, led by Maryam Rajavi (top left). (Photo: MEK) Senior Iranian church leaders have strongly...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Sep 2020 | News
A new film is the “first ever to address the underground Christian movement inside of Iran”, its director says. Cyrus Nowrasteh told Article18 that ‘Infidel’, which will be released first in the US on 18 September, is “inspired by true events in its truest sense,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 27 Aug 2020 | News
The doors of churches in Iran, like this one in Tehran, remain closed to converts (Photo: Google Maps/Faty Rezaiy) For years, international Christian organisations have claimed there may be as many as one million secret Christian believers in Iran. Now they have some...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Aug 2020 | News
Iranian-Armenian Christian Joseph Shahbazian has been released on bail after nearly two months in detention. The 56-year-old was one of dozens of Christians arrested by Revolutionary Guards in a coordinated operation targeting homes and house-churches in Tehran, Karaj...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 Aug 2020 | Analysis
By Fred Petrossian “Religious minorities in the Islamic Republic have no restrictions; they enjoy full freedom and all economic and social rights, and those who say otherwise are false claimants of ‘human rights’ who distort the facts.” These recent...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Aug 2020 | Analysis
Article18’s Mansour Borji yesterday explained during a live webinar how the Iranian regime is trying to “suffocate” the rapid growth of Christianity. As one of three guest speakers for a webinar hosted by the National Union for Democracy in Iran, Mr Borji highlighted...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Aug 2020 | News
The wife and son of an Iranian-Armenian Christian who remains in detention seven weeks after his arrest were able to visit him for the first time on Tuesday. Joseph Shahbazian was said to be in good health, though unshaven and therefore scruffier than usual in...
