by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 Apr 2020 | Analysis
Article18’s advocacy director, Mansour Borji, has addressed the often cited discrepancy between the Iranian government’s claims that there is “total religious freedom” in Iran, and rights groups’ insistency that Iran is one of the world’s worst persecutors. ...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Apr 2020 | News
Rajaei Shahr Prison, Karaj (Photo: Ensie & Matthias / Flickr / CC) A group of UN human rights experts have called on Iran to release all prisoners of conscience, in line with its obligations as a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 Apr 2020 | News
Mohammad Reza Faghani takes charge of an Iranian football match in February 2017. A top-level Iranian football referee has revealed that he was asked if he had converted to Christianity because he officiated at the final of an annual Iranian-Armenian football...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 Apr 2020 | News
An Iranian Christian convert serving a 10-year prison sentence for his membership of a Tehran house-church has written a letter thanking those who are praying for him. Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh, who is 58 years old, remains in the Iranian capital’s Evin Prison, despite...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 Apr 2020 | Features
Ebrahim Firouzi tells Article18’s advocacy director, Mansour Borji, about the months he has spent in exile since his release from six years in prison in November. Ebrahim’s two-year term in exile was recently extended by 11 months owing to an unauthorised leave of...
