by Steve Dew-Jones | 1 Feb 2021 | News
Habib Heydari (left), and brothers Sam (centre) and Sasan Khosravi. An appeals court in the southwestern Iranian city of Bushehr has upheld the one-year prison sentences given to three Christian converts for “propagating against the Islamic Republic through promoting...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Jan 2021 | News
There are currently at least 15 Christians in prison in Iran for alleged ‘actions against national security’. An Iranian news agency linked to the Revolutionary Guard Corps has reported the arrest of a “network” of Christians in “several provinces” for...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 Jan 2021 | News
Iranian Christian convert Fatemeh (Mary) Mohammadi has been arrested again – this time for alleged “improper” hijab – and continues to be denied employment a year after her latest release from prison. The 22-year-old was arrested by Iran’s “morality...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 26 Nov 2020 | News
Aziz (Andreas) Majidzadeh is 56 years old and lives in Tehran with his wife and two children. Two Iranian Christian converts have overturned on appeal a combined 10-year prison sentence for their leadership of a house-church. Aziz Majidzadeh, known as Andreas, and...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Nov 2020 | News
Mehdi Akbari (left), known as Yasser, and Mehdi Rokhparvar are now in Evin Prison. Four Christian converts have been sentenced to a combined 35 years in prison. Mehdi Akbari, Fatemeh Sharifi and Simin Soheilinia were given 10 years, and Mehdi Rokhparvar five, all...
