by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Dec 2025 | News
Five Iranian Christians have been sentenced to a combined more than 50 years in prison on charges related to ordinary religious activities such as praying, performing baptisms, taking Communion and celebrating Christmas. The five include two former prisoners of...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 May 2025 | News
An Iranian-Armenian pastor’s wife detained in Evin Prison for the past month on unknown charges has been released on bail equivalent to $50,000. Lida Alexani, 56, was released earlier today, one month and one day after her arrest at her home in Tehran. Lida is the...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Apr 2025 | News
The wife of an Iranian-Armenian pastor arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents over two weeks ago remains in solitary confinement in Evin Prison, according to Article18’s sources. Lida Alexani, 56, whose husband Joseph Shahbazian is also still in Evin Prison after...
