by Steve Dew-Jones | 24 Aug 2019 | News
Vahid Roufegarbashi, known as Nathan, with his wife Mahsa and their three-year-old son Benjamin (Photo: Article18) An Iranian Christian couple now living as refugees in America are concerned for their families back home after both were targeted by the intelligence...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Aug 2019 | News
Javaid Rehman (UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré/Flickr) Iran’s failure to uphold freedom of religion or belief is a central concern of the latest report by the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran. Javaid Rehman notes that, as a party to the...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Aug 2019 | News
(Twitter @VP) US Vice President Mike Pence says he is “appalled” by the one-year jail sentence given to a 62-year-old woman convert to Christianity. Rokhsareh (Mahrokh) Ghanbari was notified of her sentence on Monday, two days after her appearance at a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Jul 2019 | News
(Middle East Concern) A 62-year-old woman convert to Christianity has been sentenced to one year in prison for “propaganda against the system”, reports Middle East Concern. Rokhsareh (Mahrokh) Ghanbari was notified of her sentence today, two days after her appearance...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 26 Jul 2019 | News
Mohammad Moghiseh has earned the nickname the ‘Judge of Death’ for his harsh treatment of prisoners of conscience. (Photo: Fars/Ali Khara) Five of the nine converts arrested earlier this year in Rasht had their bail increased tenfold at a court hearing in Tehran on...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 24 Jul 2019 | News
(Bild) An Iranian convert to Christianity refused asylum in Germany and deported back to Iran was arrested “immediately” upon her arrival in Tehran, according to German newspaper Bild. Fatemeh Azad, 58, was then reportedly released on bail and is now awaiting...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Jul 2019 | News
Two months after two converts were told they had lost their appeals against jail sentences for “spreading propaganda against the regime”, it has emerged that one of them has also been banned from all social activities for two years after her release. Fatemeh Bakhtari,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 22 Jul 2019 | News
Iranian-Armenian Christian Sevada Aghasar has been granted “conditional release” from prison after serving half of his five-year sentence for “acting against national security through house-church activities”. Sevada was released from Tehran’s Evin Prison...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Jul 2019 | Reports
Iran’s failure to uphold freedom of religion or belief is a central concern of the latest report by the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran. Javaid Rehman notes that, as a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Iran is obliged...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Jul 2019 | News
Left to right: Pooriya Peyma, Fatemeh Talebi, Maryam Falahi, Sam Khosravi, Khatoon Fatolahzadeh, Sasan Khosravi, Marjan Falahi, and Habib Heydari. Eight converts to Christianity arrested in the southwestern city of Bushehr earlier this month have been released on bail...
