by designer | 23 Jul 2023 | Prisoners
Hakop Gochumyan, an Armenian citizen, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and is currently incarcerated in Evin Prison on charges of “engaging in deviant educational and propaganda activities contrary to the sacred law of Islam through membership and...
by designer | 2 Jun 2022 | News
Left to right: Maryam (Khadijeh) Mohammadi, Anooshavan Avedian, and Abbas Soori. An appeal court has upheld a 10-year prison sentence for a house-church leader issued by a notorious judge. Anooshavan Avedian, an Iranian-Armenian Christian, faces 10 years in...
by designer | 31 May 2022 | Witness Statements
For a summary of the Shekoohi family’s story, you can read our feature article here. Names: Esmail (Homayoun) Shekoohi Gholamzadeh (Born, 1958) Fariba Nazemianpour (Born, 1970)Fatemeh (Helma) Shekoohi (Born, 2000) Dates of arrest: May 2008, 8 February 2012 Date...
by designer | 21 Apr 2022 | Prisoners
Morteza Hajeb Mashoodkari and two other members of a house church in Rasht were arrested on 5 September 2021, during a raid by security forces. These three converts, all members of the “Church of Iran,” were then taken to an unknown location. The other two...
by designer | 8 Jan 2022 | Prisoners
Abdolreza (Matthias) Ali Haghnejad, a house church leader in the city of Anzali, is serving a six-year prison sentence for “acting against national security by promoting Christianity outside of churches.” This convert from Anzali was transferred from the...
