by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Aug 2023 | News
A clearer picture is beginning to emerge of the dozens of arrests of Christians that took place over a seven-week period in June and July, across as many as 11 Iranian cities. Article18 previously reported that over 50 Christians had been arrested in the space of...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Jul 2023 | News
More than 50 Christian converts have been arrested in a rash of new incidents across five Iranian cities over the past seven days, with fears the number could rise much higher as fresh reports keep coming in. At least 51 of those arrested at their homes or...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Jul 2023 | News
An Iranian pastor who has spent most of the past four years behind bars has now been transferred to another prison on the other side of the country, 1,000 miles from his home and family. Abdolreza Ali-Haghnejad, who is known as Matthias, was flown yesterday morning...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 30 Jun 2023 | News
Three Iranian women converts to Christianity arrested last month and held incommunicado in Tehran’s Evin Prison for 40 days face a court hearing on Sunday on unknown charges, according to a US-based Christian organisation. Shilan Oraminejad, Razieh (Maral) Kohzady,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 27 Jun 2023 | News
A house-church leader who has already spent nearly five years in prison, and was once flogged for drinking Communion wine, has been flogged a second time and now faces two years in exile. Zaman Fadaie, who is known as Saheb, was flogged again on Sunday, 25 June,...
