by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Jul 2017 | News
Christian convert Amin Afshar-Naderi was today released on bail from Tehran’s Evin Prison until the conclusion of his appeal. Amin, who was recently sentenced to 15 years in prison, had been in detention since his arrest 11 months ago. He was finally released after...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Jul 2017 | News
Left to right: Saheb Fadaie, Yousef Nadarkhani, Yasser Mossayebzadeh, and Youhan Omidi. Four converts have been sentenced to 10 years each in prison for “acting against national security by propagating house-churches and promoting ‘Zionist’ Christianity”. The ruling...
by Mansour Borji | 8 Jul 2017 | News
An Iranian court has sentenced four Christians to ten years’ imprisonment. Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh, an Iranian citizen and Christian convert, has been found guilty along with three Azerbaijani Christians who were arrested with him in Iran in June 2016. The four...
by Mansour Borji | 5 Jul 2017 | News
An Iranian Revolutionary Court judge has sentenced Pastor Victor Bet-Tamraz and Christian converts Kavian Fallah-Mohammadi and Hadi Asgari to 10 years in prison each and Amin Afshar-Naderi to 15 years for their participation in “house-churches”. The four...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Feb 2017 | News
Amin Afshar-Naderi (left) and Hadi Asgari have been in prison since August 2016. Imprisoned Christian converts Amin Afshar-Naderi and Hadi Asgari have ended their hunger strikes after receiving assurances their cases will be expedited. Amin and Hadi, who have been in...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 Feb 2017 | News
Amin Afshar-Naderi (left) and Hadi Asgari have been on hunger strike since 5 February. There are concerns over the health of one of two Christian converts currently undertaking a hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin Prison to protest against the lack of progress in their...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Aug 2016 | News
Left to right: Mohammad Dehnavi, Hadi Asgari, Amin Afshar-Naderi, Ramiel Bet-Tamraz, and Amir-Saman Dashti. Five Christians have been arrested during a raid by 15 intelligence agents on a private garden in Firoozkooh, east of Tehran. The raid took place on the morning...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 12 Jul 2016 | News
Christian prisoner of conscience Ebrahim Firouzi has begun a hunger strike after he was beaten by prison guards in Karaj’s Rajaei Shahr Prison for refusing to attend an appeal hearing because the court had not accepted new evidence submitted in his case. After...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 31 May 2016 | News
Christian convert Maryam (Nasim) Naghash Zargaran has been taken back to prison from hospital without receiving any medical treatment, despite falling unconscious during a hunger strike. Nasim was taken to hospital after falling ill on 29 May, the fourth day of her...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 Jan 2016 | News
Saeed Abedini has been released after three and a half years in prison, as part of a prisoner swap with the United States. Saeed was released alongside three fellow Iranian-Americans: Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari, Amir Hekmati and Jason Rezaian. Tehran prosecutor...
