by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 Aug 2020 | Analysis
By Fred Petrossian “Religious minorities in the Islamic Republic have no restrictions; they enjoy full freedom and all economic and social rights, and those who say otherwise are false claimants of ‘human rights’ who distort the facts.” These recent...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Aug 2020 | Analysis
Article18’s Mansour Borji yesterday explained during a live webinar how the Iranian regime is trying to “suffocate” the rapid growth of Christianity. As one of three guest speakers for a webinar hosted by the National Union for Democracy in Iran, Mr Borji highlighted...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Aug 2020 | News
The wife and son of an Iranian-Armenian Christian who remains in detention seven weeks after his arrest were able to visit him for the first time on Tuesday. Joseph Shahbazian was said to be in good health, though unshaven and therefore scruffier than usual in...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Aug 2020 | News
Article18 can now confirm that Iranian-Assyrian Christians Victor Bet-Tamraz and Shamiram Issavi fled Iran on Saturday, hours before Shamiram was due to begin her five-year prison sentence. The couple’s daughter, Dabrina, told Article18 that while she does not wish to...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Aug 2020 | News
Iranian convert Mohammadreza (Youhan) Omidi has been released from prison after completing his reduced two-year sentence for “acting against national security by organising house-churches and promoting ‘Zionist’ Christianity”. Youhan, who is 47 years old, was released...
