by Steve Dew-Jones | 1 Jul 2026 | News
A Presbyterian church in Tehran is set to be seized, after residents in the church compound were ordered to leave their homes and worshippers told to find a different church. The confiscation of St Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran and eviction of its residents,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Jun 2026 | News
A well-known political activist and Christian convert in Iran, Mohammad Nikbakht, has reportedly been threatened with execution, after his two brothers were sentenced to death. Mohammad was violently arrested during a raid on his home in March by “approximately 200...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Jun 2026 | News
Two house-church members have been released after serving five-year sentences on charges of “engaging in deviant propaganda contrary to the holy religion of Islam” and “connections with foreign leaders”. Ahmad Sarparast and Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh, who live in the...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 8 Jun 2026 | News
An Evangelical church in Mashhad has been demolished, without warning or explanation. The church, which once offered Persian-speaking services before its forced closure more than two decades ago, was demolished on the morning of 4 June. It is one of several churches...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 8 Jun 2026 | News
A Christian convert who was among over 50 arrested by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence following last year’s 12-day war with Israel has died in a bus crash. Hamed Mohebbi, a 40-year-old cafe owner, was on his way home after visiting some of the rehabilitating drug...
