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...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 Nov 2019 | News
An Assyrian Christian has been named among the scores killed so far in nearly a week of protests in Iran over a sharp rise in fuel prices. Ashoor Kalta (Human Rights in Iran) Ashoor Kalta, 37, was killed on Sunday during protests in Fardis, near Karaj, according to...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Nov 2019 | News
Amirsalar Davoudi (Center for Human Rights in Iran) A human rights lawyer who helped an imprisoned Christian convert with his failed bid for a retrial is now seeking a retrial of his own. Amirsalar Davoudi was sentenced in June to 30 years in prison for “collaborating...