Assyrian Christian Ramiel Bet-Tamraz released from prison

Assyrian Christian Ramiel Bet-Tamraz released from prison

Dabrina Bet-Tamraz has informed Article18 that her brother, Ramiel, an Assyrian Christian and son of pastor Victor Bet-Tamraz, was released […]

Christians’ appeal hearing postponed again over procedural issue

Christians’ appeal hearing postponed again over procedural issue

Once again an appeal hearing in the case of five Christians sentenced to between five and 15 years in prison […]

Confirmed: Mary Mohammadi is in Qarchak Prison

Confirmed: Mary Mohammadi is in Qarchak Prison

Article18 can now confirm that Christian convert Fatemeh (Mary) Mohammadi is being held in Qarchak detention centre, south of the […]

Iranian Christians granted early release from prison

Iranian Christians granted early release from prison

Three Iranian Christian converts have been granted early release from prison, reports Middle East Concern. Asghar Salehi was released from […]

Christian convert, 65, sentenced to three years in prison

Christian convert, 65, sentenced to three years in prison

Esmaeil Maghrebinezhad, a 65-year-old convert to Christianity, has been sentenced to three years in prison for “insulting Islamic sacred beliefs”. […]

Christian convert Fatemeh Mohammadi arrested in Tehran

Christian convert Fatemeh Mohammadi arrested in Tehran

Christian convert Fatemeh Mohammadi has been arrested in Tehran and taken to an unknown location, according to the Persian-language news […]

Iran bulldozes grave of pastor executed for apostasy

Iran bulldozes grave of pastor executed for apostasy

The grave of the only Iranian Christian to have been executed on official charges of apostasy has been demolished. The […]

Pastor’s son summoned to begin jail sentence

Pastor’s son summoned to begin jail sentence

The son of an Iranian-Assyrian couple facing years in prison for their Christian activities has been summoned to serve his […]

Converts begin six-month jail sentences

Converts begin six-month jail sentences

Three Christian converts have begun six-month jail sentences after they were convicted earlier this year of “propaganda against the system through promoting […]

Iranian Christian activist kicked out of university

Iranian Christian activist kicked out of university

An Iranian Christian woman who converted to Christianity as a teenager has been kicked out of her Tehran university without […]