by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Sep 2014 | News
Zeinab Akbari and Hamidreza Borhani (Photo: HRANA) At least five Christian converts have been arrested in Isfahan over the past two days. The latest of these arrests took place this morning, when Hamidreza Borhani and his wife Zeinab Akbari were arrested during a raid...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 7 Jul 2014 | News
Security agents arrested three members of the “Church of Iran” denomination in Bandar Anzali on Saturday, 5 July. The three men were arrested at the home of Abdolreza (Matthias) Ali-Haghnejad, who is a member of the church in Bandar Anzali. The other two, Mohammad...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Jul 2014 | News
Christian prisoner Vahid Hakani has resumed his hunger strike in Shiraz’s Adel Abad Prison. He began his hunger strike on 20 March, after judicial authorities denied his request for early release, and to protest against poor conditions in prison. That hunger strike...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 26 Jun 2014 | News
Six Christian converts have been arrested in Shiraz and taken to an unknown location. The arrests took place on Friday, 20 June, at the house of a man known only by his surname, Fazli. In addition to Mr Fazli and his wife, Farkhondeh, two other women – Mitra...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 22 May 2014 | News
Christian prisoner Saeed Abedini, who has been receiving hospital treatment for two months, was beaten before he was taken back to prison, his wife says. Saeed, who is serving an eight-year prison sentence for “setting up house churches in order to disrupt...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 May 2014 | News
One of four Christian converts detained in Shiraz’s Adel Abad Prison for over two years has been granted conditional release. Mohammed Reza Partovi was serving a sentence of three years and eight months, alongside fellow converts Vahid Hakani, Mojtaba Hosseini and...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Apr 2014 | News
After more than 36 days, imprisoned Christian convert Vahid Hakani’s hunger strike continues. Vahid is protesting against the verdicts issued by the judicial authorities against him and three fellow converts, Mojtaba Hosseini, Homayoun Shekoohi and...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 22 Apr 2014 | News
Seven Christians were arrested at a house church in southern Tehran on Good Friday. The seven have been named as Nazi Irani, Maryam Asadi, Ali Arfa, Amin Mazloumi, and three Afghan nationals: Ehsan Sadeghi, Vahid Safi and Enayat Safi. Agents from the Ministry of...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Mar 2014 | News
Christian prisoner Vahid Hakani has gone on hunger strike after his request for conditional release was rejected. He is also protesting against poor conditions in Shiraz’s Adel Abad Prison. Vahid has already been hospitalised once during his time in prison, as a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Mar 2014 | Witness Statements
Background 1. My name is Davood Irani and I am from Tabriz. I became a Christian on 28 August, 2005. 2. I was born in a non-religious family, but like all Iranians I was forcefully deemed a Muslim from birth. Not that I was not a Muslim but I...
