by designer | 1 Dec 2013 | Reports
Article18 contributed to this 2013 report, which documents the rights violations of Protestant Christians in Iran within the context of international human rights laws and the rights guaranteed within Iran’s own constitution. The comprehensive, 73-page report...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Nov 2013 | News
Two prisoners of conscience being held in Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison have been hospitalised. Vahid Hakani, a Christian convert, has suffered gastrointestinal bleeding; Kasra Nouri, a Gonabadi dervish activist, has nerve damage in his back. Vahid is serving a sentence...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Oct 2013 | News
A retired American pastor arrested on Monday for protesting outside Evin Prison has been released from custody and is set to be deported. Eddie Romero was protesting against the detention of several Iranians Christians and a lawyer in the prison. His protest was...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 Oct 2013 | News
A retired American pastor has been arrested by security forces after peacefully protesting outside Evin Prison against the arbitrary detention of Iranian Christians and increased pressure on the Church in the country. Eddie Romero live-streamed today’s protest...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Oct 2013 | News
Two Christians from Tehran arrested almost two months ago are in Ward 209 of Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, Article18 understands. Ebrahim Firouzi and Sevada Aghasar were arrested on 21 August at a friend’s office in Karaj, then taken away to an unknown location....
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Oct 2013 | News
Left to right: Homayoun Shekoohi, Mojtaba Hosseini, Vahid Hakani, and Mohammad Reza Partovi. An appeals court in Shiraz today upheld the prison sentences of four Christian converts. In June, after already spending eight months in prison, Mojtaba Hosseini, Homayoun...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Oct 2013 | News
Maryam (Nasim) Naghash Zargaran has lost her appeal against a four-year sentence for “propaganda activities against the Islamic Republic and gathering and conspiracy against the security of the country” through “the expansion of house-churches inside the...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Sep 2013 | News
Maryam Naghash Zargaran has been transferred to Tehran’s Modarres Hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack. The Christian convert, who is serving a four-year sentence in Evin Prison, has a long-term heart condition and has previously undergone heart surgery....
by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Sep 2013 | News
Christian converts Maryam Jalili and Mitra Rahmati are among more than a dozen political prisoners to have been released on the eve of President Hassan Rouhani’s trip to the UN in New York. The two Christians had only around one and a half months left of their...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Aug 2013 | News
Three Christian converts arrested last month in the north-western city of Tabriz remain in detention. Farshid Modares, Mohammad Reza Piri and Yashar Farzin-No were arrested by security forces on 11 July. There is still no information about the charges they are facing....
