by Steve Dew-Jones | 4 Oct 2021 | News
A convert detained incommunicado for almost a month following his arrest by agents of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has finally been released from custody, albeit only on bail. Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh, 28, was one of three converts arrested on the evening of Sunday 5...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Sep 2021 | News
There are concerns over the wellbeing of a convert, whose whereabouts remain unknown more than three weeks after his arrest during a raid on a house-church service in Rasht, northern Iran. Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh, 28, was one of three converts arrested on the evening of...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 6 Sep 2021 | News
Left to right: Ahmad Sarparast, Morteza Mashoodkari, and Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh. Three converts were arrested last night in the northern city of Rasht, in the latest blow to the beleaguered Church there. Ahmad Sarparast, Morteza Mashoodkari, and Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 27 Aug 2021 | News
Christian convert Hamed Ashouri has been released on leave from prison. Article18 understands that the 31-year-old, who is serving a 10-month sentence for “propaganda against the Islamic Republic”, may be permitted to spend the rest of his sentence at home, with an...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 26 Aug 2021 | News
Left to right: Milad Goodarzi, Amin Khaki, and Alireza Nourmohammadi. Three Christian converts were informed today that their appeals against five-year prison sentences have been rejected, but their sentences reduced to three years. Amin Khaki, Milad Goodarzi and...
