by Steve Dew-Jones | 6 Jan 2020 | News
Ramiel Bet-Tamraz (centre) with his parents, pastor Victor Bet-Tamraz and Shamiram Issavi The son of an Iranian-Assyrian couple facing years in prison for their Christian activities has been summoned to serve his own four-month sentence for “actions against national...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 27 Dec 2019 | News
Asghar Salehi (left) and Mohammad Reza Rezaei (Middle East Concern) Three Christian converts have begun six-month jail sentences after they were convicted earlier this year of “propaganda against the system through promoting Zionist Christianity”. Asghar...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Dec 2019 | News
Fatemeh Mohammadi started a campaign earlier this year for all Iranian Christians – whether from Christian families or converts – to be allowed to attend church. An Iranian Christian woman who converted to Christianity as a teenager has been kicked out of...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Dec 2019 | News
Pars Abad (Wikipedia) A local news site in an Iranian city near the Azerbaijan border has reported the arrest of a Christian evangelist. The report by the Aran Moghan site, which states in its “About us” page that it supports the Islamic revolution, gives very little...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Dec 2019 | News
Saheb Fadaie (Middle East Concern) An Iranian convert serving a ten-year sentence for charges related to the peaceful practice of his faith has been denied medical treatment in Tehran’s Evin Prison. Zaman Fadaie, who prefers to be known as Saheb, has had a constant...