by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 Jul 2020 | Case Studies
Case referenced by Article 18, Middle East Concern, The Christian Post, World Watch Monitor, Anglican Ink, Open Doors, International Christian Concern, CBN, Jerusalem Post Summary Esmaeil Maghrebinezhad initially faced four charges after his arrest on 25 January 2019:...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 Jul 2020 | News
Iranian Christian convert Esmaeil Maghrebinezhad has lost his appeal against the two remaining prison sentences issued to him earlier this year. Esmaeil, who is 65 years old and an official member of the Anglican Church, initially received three sentences amounting to...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 Jul 2020 | News
At least 10 of the more than a dozen Christian converts arrested two weeks ago in raids on their homes and house-churches have been charged with “acting against national security by promoting Zionist Christianity”. Article18 reported earlier this month that at least...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 14 Jul 2020 | News
Iran’s Guardian Council must approve every bill proposed by parliament. (Photo: shora-gc.ir) Iran’s Guardian Council has asked for amendments to be made to a proposed parliamentary bill that threatens to facilitate the further repression of religious minorities....
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Jul 2020 | News
A joint report by Christian charities World Relief and Open Doors has highlighted the dramatic reduction in refugee arrivals to the US from countries where Christians are most persecuted. The report, released on Friday, focuses specifically on refugee arrivals from...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Jul 2020 | News
Sixty-five-year-old Iranian Christian convert Esmaeil Maghrebinezhad has had his three-year jail sentence for “insulting Islamic sacred beliefs” overturned on appeal. Esmaeil was informed of the verdict yesterday by his lawyer, Farshid Roofoogaran. In the verdict,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Jul 2020 | Reports
A joint report by Christian charities World Relief and Open Doors has highlighted the dramatic reduction in refugee arrivals to the US from countries where Christians are most persecuted. The report, released on Friday, focuses specifically on refugee arrivals from...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 7 Jul 2020 | News
A 47-year-old Christian woman has been named as another of those arrested during a series of raids on the homes of Christians last week by intelligence agents belonging to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. Malihe Nazari, who is married with two sons aged 22 and 15, was...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Jul 2020 | News
At least 12 Christians have been arrested by intelligence agents belonging to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in a coordinated operation across three cities. The arrests took place on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning in Tehran, its sister city Karaj, and Malayer,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 30 Jun 2020 | News
Rashin Soodmand speaking with Release International yesterday. (Photo: YouTube/ReleaseInternational) The daughter of an Iranian Christian pastor executed for “apostasy” 30 years ago has called on the Iranian authorities to return his burial place to his family. Rev...
