by Steve Dew-Jones | 27 Sep 2024 | News
A Christian convert serving a two-year sentence in Evin Prison on charges related to her Christian activities has been denied parole because she refused to record a forced confession and public disavowal of reports about her case, according to Persian-language news...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Sep 2024 | News
A 62-year-old Iranian-Armenian pastor serving a 10-year prison sentence for leading a house-church has been acquitted and released after just over a year in Tehran’s Evin Prison. Anooshavan Avedian was released last night, after his appeal was accepted at a hearing...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 Sep 2024 | News
A Christian convert arrested a week ago in the southern city of Shiraz is still being held in an infamous detention centre belonging to the Ministry of Intelligence. Mojdeh Falahi, 36, whose two older sisters were arrested five years ago for their Christian...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Aug 2024 | News
One of the eight Christian converts recently sentenced to a combined 45 years in prison for their involvement in house-churches has died in a road traffic accident. Bijan Gholizadeh, who was a father to three daughters, was killed on Saturday, 24 August, while driving...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Jul 2024 | News
A Christian convert serving a two-year prison sentence for “acting against national security by connecting with ‘Zionist’ Christian organisations” has reportedly been threatened with another conviction as a result of the publicity her case has received. According to...
