by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Sep 2014 | News
Zeinab Akbari and Hamidreza Borhani (Photo: HRANA) At least five Christian converts have been arrested in Isfahan over the past two days. The latest of these arrests took place this morning, when Hamidreza Borhani and his wife Zeinab Akbari were arrested during a raid...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Sep 2013 | News
Christian converts Maryam Jalili and Mitra Rahmati are among more than a dozen political prisoners to have been released on the eve of President Hassan Rouhani’s trip to the UN in New York. The two Christians had only around one and a half months left of their...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Aug 2013 | News
Three Christian converts arrested last month in the north-western city of Tabriz remain in detention. Farshid Modares, Mohammad Reza Piri and Yashar Farzin-No were arrested by security forces on 11 July. There is still no information about the charges they are facing....
by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 May 2013 | News
The leaders of the Central Assemblies of God Church in Tehran have invited church members to a meeting next Sunday, when they will inform them of their final decision regarding the church’s future, amidst the threat of its complete closure. The announcement, made...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 12 Jan 2013 | News
Retired Iranian-Armenian pastor Vruir Avanessian has been released on bail after two weeks in detention. Pastor Vruir was arrested on 27 December alongside a number of converts to Christianity, and taken to Evin Prison. During his detention, the pastor, who...
