by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Sep 2019 | News
Asghar Salehi (left) and Mohammed Reza Rezaei. Three converts to Christianity have been sentenced to six months in prison for “propaganda against the system through promoting Zionist Christianity”, reports Middle East Concern. Asghar Salehi, 43, Mohammad Reza Rezaei,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Sep 2019 | News
Embed from Getty Images Churches and synagogues in Tehran are no longer tax exempt, according to a report from Iranian Christian news agency Mohabat News. The Assyrian representative to the Iranian parliament, Yonathan Betkolia, criticised the move, saying churches...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 31 Aug 2019 | News
Fatemeh Bakhtari presented herself at Tehran’s Evin Prison today to begin her one-year jail sentence. Fatemeh, who is 35 years old and known as Aylar, was informed in May that her appeal against her sentence, for “propaganda against the regime”, had failed. Last...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Aug 2019 | News
Mostafa Rahimi (Hengaw Organization for Human Rights) An Iranian bookseller has been sentenced to three months and one day in prison for selling copies of the Bible, according to a Kurdish rights group. Mostafa Rahimi was reportedly first arrested on 11 June in Bukan,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Jul 2019 | News
(Middle East Concern) A 62-year-old woman convert to Christianity has been sentenced to one year in prison for “propaganda against the system”, reports Middle East Concern. Rokhsareh (Mahrokh) Ghanbari was notified of her sentence today, two days after her appearance...
