by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Aug 2026 | Analysis
This article, written by US-based lawyer Jason Ian Poblete, was first published on his Substack and is republished here with kind permission. Some years ago, a man I once represented, an American, was put to death by the Islamic Republic of Iran. America could not...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 Aug 2026 | News
A Catholic convert serving a sentence of over nine years in Evin Prison on charges of “propaganda against the state” and “gathering and collusion against national security” has written a moving letter, reporting having been raped in a Ministry of Intelligence...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 Jul 2026 | News
An imprisoned Iranian Christian convert was beaten yesterday, resulting in a broken bone in the left hand, after protesting against worsening conditions inside the women’s ward of Tehran’s Evin Prison. Ghazal Marzban, who was recently sentenced to over nine years in...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Jun 2026 | News
A Christian convert recently sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison on charges including “propaganda against the state” and “gathering and collusion against national security” has reportedly gone on hunger strike in Evin Prison in protest against the sentence. Ghazal...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 22 May 2026 | News
A Christian convert and former prisoner of conscience has reportedly been sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison. According to the Persian-language Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Ghazal Marzban, who is a Catholic, has been sentenced to nine years and...
