by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Feb 2026 | News
Two more Christian converts are confirmed to have been among those killed by the Islamic Republic’s security forces in its brutal response to last month’s mass demonstrations. Nader Mohammadi, 35, and Zahra Arjomandi, 51, were both shot dead on 8 January in separate...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Jan 2026 | News
A memorial service was held on Sunday at a Persian-speaking church in Sweden to commemorate the death of a congregant who was among those killed during the recent protests. Ehsan Afshari-Manesh, 39, who arrived in Sweden as a refugee 15 years ago and later became a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 27 Jan 2026 | News
An Iranian Christian convert and former prisoner of conscience remains incommunicado two weeks after her rearrest on unknown charges. Ghazal Marzban, who spent two months in Evin Prison last winter after being convicted of “propaganda against the regime by chanting...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Jan 2026 | News
A 42-year-old Christian convert, husband and father of three girls has been confirmed among the many thousands of protesters killed in recent days. Mohsen Rashidi was shot from behind while attempting to recover the body of a close friend killed during a demonstration...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Jan 2026 | News
A lawyer who has defended several Christians in Iran’s Revolutionary Courts has been arrested in Tehran. Shima Ghosheh, who has represented Christians including the Iranian-Assyrian Bet-Tamraz family and converts facing charges of “apostasy”, was arrested at...
