by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Oct 2019 | News
Clockwise from top-left: Mohammad Vafadar, Kamal Naamanian, Hossein Kadivar, Khalil Dehghanpour, Behnam Akhlaghi, Mehdi Khatibi, Babak Hosseinzadeh, Shahrooz Eslamdoust and Abdolreza (Matthias) Ali-Haghnejad. (Middle East Concern) Nine converts have been sentenced to...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 Oct 2019 | News
Iranian Christian prisoner Yousef Nadarkhani yesterday brought an end to his 21-day hunger strike. Yousef, who is serving a ten-year sentence for his Christian activities, was protesting against his 15-year-old son Youeil being barred from school because he refused to...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 Oct 2019 | News
Sixty-two-year-old Christian convert Rokhsareh Ghanbari presented herself at Shahid Kachooei Prison in her home city of Karaj yesterday to begin a one-year jail sentence. Rokhsareh, who prefers to be known as Mahrokh, recorded a short video message before going to...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Oct 2019 | News
Left to right: Yaghoob Nateghi, Milad Goodarzi, Amin Khaki, Alireza Nourmohammadi and Shahab Shahi. Four converts have completed their jail sentences and returned home. A fifth member of the group remains in prison. Milad Goodarzi, Yaghoob Nateghi, Shahab Shahi and...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 27 Sep 2019 | News
Yousef Nadarkhani with his two sons, Danial (right) and Youeil, before his incarceration. Christian prisoner Yousef Nadarkhani has gone on hunger strike to protest against his son being barred from school because he refused to take Islamic classes. Youeil, 15, was due...