by Steve Dew-Jones | 14 Oct 2020 | News
Iranian convert Mohammad Reza (Youhan) Omidi was today lashed 80 times for drinking wine as part of Holy Communion. It is illegal for Muslim Iranians to drink alcohol, but exceptions are made for recognised religious minorities, including Christians. However, Iran...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Oct 2020 | News
One hundred and twenty lawyers and activists have written an open letter to the head of the judiciary in Iran, asking him to overturn a court’s decision to remove a two-year-old girl from her adoptive parents because they are Christian converts. Sam Khosravi and his...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Sep 2020 | News
Iranian Christian convert Ebrahim Firouzi has already spent six years in prison followed by nearly a year in internal exile 1,000 miles from his home. Now, just two days ago, on Sunday 27 September, the 33-year-old was summoned to the local prosecutor’s office...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 24 Sep 2020 | News
Lydia was just three months old when she was adopted by Iranian Christian converts Sam Khosravi and wife Maryam Falahi. Now, just one month before her second birthday, a court has ruled she must be taken away from them, as Sam and Maryam – who are currently...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Sep 2020 | News
Qarchak women’s prison, south of Tehran. An Iranian woman convert to Christianity detained since her arrest at the end of June has finally been released on a reduced bail. Article18 understands that Malihe Nazari, who is 47 years old, was released from Qarchak...
