by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 Aug 2020 | News
An Iranian-Assyrian couple sentenced to a combined 15 years in prison for teaching Muslim converts about Christianity have finally been informed that their longstanding appeals have failed. It’s been more than three years since Victor Bet-Tamraz was sentenced to 10...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Aug 2020 | News
Masih (“Messiah”) Hospital in Kermanshah was founded by Presbyterian missionaries. (Photo: IRNA) A hospital founded by Presbyterian missionaries nearly a century ago has regained its nationally-registered status, protecting it from potential demolition. Masih...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 11 Aug 2020 | News
Left to right: Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh, Zaman (Saheb) Fadaie, Yousef Nadarkhani, Mohammad Reza (Youhan) Omidi, and Mohammad Ali (Yasser) Mossayebzadeh. There are concerns over the health of four Christian prisoners of conscience after one of them tested positive for...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Aug 2020 | News
An Iranian Christian convert has won the top prize in an international film competition* for her short animation depicting a fictional world in which there is no religious freedom. Maral Karaee’s “District 18” tells the story of a little girl who lives in a world...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 7 Aug 2020 | Analysis
Iranian-Armenian MP Ara Shaverdian (left) and Iran’s ambassador to Ireland, Masoud Eslami. (Photos: Mohabat News) Any observer of Iran’s multitudinous religious freedom abuses will be familiar with the repeated denials by regime officials. The latest include...
