by Steve Dew-Jones | 22 Sep 2026 | News
A Christian convert serving a sentence of over nine years in Evin Prison has gone on hunger strike to protest against being denied access to a Bible and being threatened with death for apostasy. Ghazal Marzban, who turned 43 earlier this month in the women’s ward of...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 Aug 2026 | News
A Catholic convert serving a sentence of over nine years in Evin Prison on charges of “propaganda against the state” and “gathering and collusion against national security” has written a moving letter, reporting having been raped in a Ministry of Intelligence...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Aug 2026 | News
Guards have been posted in front of St Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran, the oldest Protestant church in Iran, a month after the church was seized, to prevent members from returning. The church’s leaders had been told that they had until 12 August to vacate the...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Jul 2026 | News
A lawyer who has defended political prisoners including several Iranian Christians has been released on bail after over two months in Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz. Bahar Sahraian was released on Tuesday, 21 July, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 Jul 2026 | News
The Ministry of Intelligence has included Christian satellite TV stations on a newly publicised list of “hostile” media organisations and individuals. The list, which can be viewed here, includes evangelical networks Sat-7, Nejat, Seven and Mohabat TV, alongside...
