by Steve Dew-Jones | 6 Jan 2026 | News
Two brothers arrested at a Christmas gathering four years ago were this Christmas summoned to begin four-year prison sentences on charges related to their Christian beliefs and activities. Mahmoud and Mansour Mardani-Kharaji, Christian converts who are both in...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 Dec 2025 | Prisoners
Mahmoud and his brother Mansour were arrested at a Christmas gathering in 2021 and later sentenced to four years in prison on “propaganda” charges related to their involvement in a house-church. The two brothers began serving their sentences ahead of Christmas 2025...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 31 Mar 2025 | News
Two brothers who were arrested at a Christmas gathering over three years ago have both been sentenced to four years in prison, fined, and exiled from their home province for two years after their release. Christian converts Mahmoud Mardani-Kharaji, 56, and his brother...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 24 Jan 2022 | News
Mahmoud Mardani-Kharaji (left) and his brother Mansour. Two brothers remain missing more than a month after their arrest at a Christmas gathering near Isfahan. Mahmoud Mardani-Kharaji, 53, and his brother Mansour, 46, were with around eight other Christians at a...
