by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 Nov 2020 | News
Saheb Fadaie. Despite international condemnation of the recent flogging of an Iranian convert for drinking Communion wine, a second convert has now received the same punishment. Zaman Fadaie, who prefers to be called Saheb, received 80 lashes yesterday, one month and...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Nov 2020 | News
Imprisoned Christian convert Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh has been informed that his third request for a retrial has been rejected. Nasser, who is 59 years old, is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Tehran’s Evin Prison because of his membership of a house-church, for...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 11 Nov 2020 | News
Fardis (Wikipedia) Twelve Christian homes were raided by intelligence agents today in a coordinated operation in Fardis, west of Tehran, at around 9am. None of the Christians were arrested, but many of their personal belongings were confiscated – including...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Nov 2020 | News
(Photo: Ali Khodaverdi / caoi.ir) A 70-year-old Adventist church in central Tehran has been demolished, along with the giant concrete cross on its facade. The 8m cross was the largest of its kind in the Iranian capital, and a rare prominent symbol of Christianity in...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Nov 2020 | News
Prisoner of conscience Saheb Fadaie has returned to prison after a five-day furlough. Saheb, whose birth name is Zaman, has been in Tehran’s Evin Prison since his violent arrest in July 2018, serving what was initially a 10-year sentence, later reduced to six years....
