by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Mar 2020 | News
Christian convert Fatemeh (Mary) Mohammadi has used her first social-media post since her arrest on 12 January to thank her supporters for their concern during her 46 days in detention. “I am grateful for all of you dear friends who have been concerned and followed my...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 27 Feb 2020 | News
Photo: Flickr / CC / سبزفوتو Iran The “deplorable conditions” inside Iran’s overcrowded prisons and “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment” of prisoners is the focus of the latest report by the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Iran. Javaid Rehman’s report...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 27 Feb 2020 | News
Ramiel Bet-Tamraz with his parents, Victor and Shamiram. Dabrina Bet-Tamraz has informed Article18 that her brother, Ramiel, an Assyrian Christian and son of pastor Victor Bet-Tamraz, was released from prison yesterday. Ramiel was serving a four-month sentence for his...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Feb 2020 | News
Embed from Getty Images There are growing concerns in Iran about the potential for coronavirus to spread quickly within Iran’s overcrowded prisons, where at least 17 Christians are currently incarcerated as a result of the peaceful practice of their faith. There have...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Feb 2020 | News
Left to right: Victor Bet-Tamraz, his wife Shamiram, Kavian Fallah-Mohammadi, Amin Afshar-Naderi, and Hadi Asgari. Once again an appeal hearing in the case of five Christians sentenced to between five and 15 years in prison has been postponed. Assyrian Christian...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Feb 2020 | Analysis
Embed from Getty Images The Turkish government’s decision to stop providing free health insurance to asylum seekers has added to the “desperation” many feel, according to the regional manager of Article18’s partner charity Middle East Concern. Rob Duncan told...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 12 Feb 2020 | News
Article18 can now confirm that Christian convert Fatemeh (Mary) Mohammadi is being held in Qarchak detention centre, south of the Iranian capital Tehran. It is a month today since Mary was arrested, as protests took place in central Tehran following the Iranian...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 7 Feb 2020 | News
US President Donald Trump highlighted Iran’s detention of 21-year-old Christian convert Fatemeh (Mary) Mohammadi as part of a high-profile annual presidential address yesterday, as reports claimed she is being held in a prison on the outskirts of Tehran. “Weeks ago, a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 6 Feb 2020 | News
Left to right: Dabrina Bet-Tamraz, Marziyeh Amirizadeh and Maryam Rostampour. Three Christian women survivors of persecution in Iran have called upon the international community to make more noise on behalf of persecuted Christians in Iran. “My fear is that we’re too...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Feb 2020 | News
Asghar Salehi (left) and Mohammad Reza Rezaei (Middle East Concern) Three Iranian Christian converts have been granted early release from prison, reports Middle East Concern. Asghar Salehi was released from Eqlid Prison yesterday after serving two months of his...
