by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 Oct 2026 | News
Christian convert Ghazal Marzban is among over 20 detainees in the women’s ward of Evin Prison who have been denied visitors in recent months as punishment for protesting against conditions in the notorious Tehran facility. Ghazal, who is serving a sentence of nine...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 22 Sep 2026 | News
A Christian convert serving a sentence of over nine years in Evin Prison has gone on hunger strike to protest against being denied access to a Bible and being threatened with death for apostasy. Ghazal Marzban, who turned 43 earlier this month in the women’s ward of...
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...
