by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Feb 2020 | News
Left to right: Victor Bet-Tamraz, his wife Shamiram, Kavian Fallah-Mohammadi, Amin Afshar-Naderi, and Hadi Asgari. Once again an appeal hearing in the case of five Christians sentenced to between five and 15 years in prison has been postponed. Assyrian Christian...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 20 Feb 2020 | Analysis
Embed from Getty Images The Turkish government’s decision to stop providing free health insurance to asylum seekers has added to the “desperation” many feel, according to the regional manager of Article18’s partner charity Middle East Concern. Rob Duncan told...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 12 Feb 2020 | News
Article18 can now confirm that Christian convert Fatemeh (Mary) Mohammadi is being held in Qarchak detention centre, south of the Iranian capital Tehran. It is a month today since Mary was arrested, as protests took place in central Tehran following the Iranian...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 7 Feb 2020 | News
US President Donald Trump highlighted Iran’s detention of 21-year-old Christian convert Fatemeh (Mary) Mohammadi as part of a high-profile annual presidential address yesterday, as reports claimed she is being held in a prison on the outskirts of Tehran. “Weeks ago, a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 6 Feb 2020 | News
Left to right: Dabrina Bet-Tamraz, Marziyeh Amirizadeh and Maryam Rostampour. Three Christian women survivors of persecution in Iran have called upon the international community to make more noise on behalf of persecuted Christians in Iran. “My fear is that we’re too...
