by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Jan 2020 | News
All that now remains of the pastor’s unmarked grave is the soil under which he was once buried. The grave of the only Iranian Christian to have been executed on official charges of apostasy has been demolished. The body of Rev Hossein Soodmand was buried on the...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 6 Jan 2020 | News
Ramiel Bet-Tamraz (centre) with his parents, pastor Victor Bet-Tamraz and Shamiram Issavi The son of an Iranian-Assyrian couple facing years in prison for their Christian activities has been summoned to serve his own four-month sentence for “actions against national...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 27 Dec 2019 | News
Asghar Salehi (left) and Mohammad Reza Rezaei (Middle East Concern) Three Christian converts have begun six-month jail sentences after they were convicted earlier this year of “propaganda against the system through promoting Zionist Christianity”. Asghar...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Dec 2019 | News
Fatemeh Mohammadi started a campaign earlier this year for all Iranian Christians – whether from Christian families or converts – to be allowed to attend church. An Iranian Christian woman who converted to Christianity as a teenager has been kicked out of...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Dec 2019 | News
The US Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback (right), speaking in Washington DC yesterday (Photo: Twitter @IRF_Ambassador) Senior US officials have called on Iran to allow Christians to “worship in peace” this Christmas. The US...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Dec 2019 | News
Pastor Farhad Sabokrooh (second from right) was one of the speakers at an event to mark International Human Rights Day (Photo: DW) An Iranian pastor who fled the country after being threatened with death for apostasy says Iran should “remember that human rights...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Dec 2019 | News
Pars Abad (Wikipedia) A local news site in an Iranian city near the Azerbaijan border has reported the arrest of a Christian evangelist. The report by the Aran Moghan site, which states in its “About us” page that it supports the Islamic revolution, gives very little...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Dec 2019 | News
Article18 has joined with other rights groups to call on the UN General Assembly to publicly condemn Iran for “grave human rights violations” including the unlawful killing of hundreds of peaceful protesters and detention of thousands more, as well as the...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 6 Dec 2019 | Analysis
Embed from Getty Images The constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran was ratified 40 years ago this week, enshrining discrimination along religious lines. Ever since, non-Shia Iranians of all religions and none have been swimming against the prevailing tide, and,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Dec 2019 | News
Saheb Fadaie (Middle East Concern) An Iranian convert serving a ten-year sentence for charges related to the peaceful practice of his faith has been denied medical treatment in Tehran’s Evin Prison. Zaman Fadaie, who prefers to be known as Saheb, has had a constant...
