by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Nov 2019 | News
Left to right: Victor Bet-Tamraz, his wife Shamiram, Kavian Fallah-Mohammadi, Amin Afshar-Naderi, and Hadi Asgari. Yet another scheduled hearing in the drawn-out cases of five Christians facing between five and 15 years in prison was postponed today. Assyrian pastor...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 12 Nov 2019 | News
Siavash Hayati (Center for Human Rights in Iran) An Iranian follower of the Yarsan faith has been prevented from completing his university dissertation because he refused to deny his religious beliefs. Siavash Hayati told the US-based Center for Human Rights in Iran...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 11 Nov 2019 | News
Two weeks after returning home from six years in prison, Christian convert Ebrahim Firouzi is on his way to the remote city of Sarbaz, 1,000 miles from his home, to begin two years of internal exile. Ebrahim, who will be 33 next month, left his home in Robat Karim,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 31 Oct 2019 | News
A 65-year-old convert to Christianity had his bail increased tenfold at a court hearing in Shiraz last week. Esmaeil Maghrebinezhad was charged with “propaganda against the state and insulting the sacred Iranian establishment” following his arrest at his home on 25...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Oct 2019 | News
Christian convert Ebrahim Firouzi has returned home after six years in prison for his religious activities, but he now faces two years’ exile in remote Sistan and Baluchestan province. Ebrahim, 32, has requested a few weeks at home first, though there is no guarantee...
