by Steve Dew-Jones | 26 Mar 2025 | News
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has called on the US government to ensure that religious refugees from Iran are always accepted, as it recommended once again that Iran be re-designated a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) for...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 25 Mar 2025 | Analysis
Two Easters ago, the retiring Anglican archbishop responsible for the ailing diocese of Iran – Cyprus-based Englishman Michael Lewis – received a visit from a handful of his Iranian congregants. “If the Archbishop can’t come to Iran, Iran will come...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 24 Mar 2025 | News
A Christian convert who had been on hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin Prison for 35 days to protest against the continued persecution of Christians in Iran has suffered a stroke. Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh, who is 63 years old and previously spent nearly five years in...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Mar 2025 | News
There are growing concerns over the health of an imprisoned Christian convert, who has a heart condition and was recently beaten for requesting a referral to a cardiologist. Amir-Ali Minaei, a 31-year-old from Tehran whose case has not been reported until now but...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Mar 2025 | News
The UN’s fact-finding mission (FFM) on Iran says it has only “scratched the surface” in “exposing the structural and institutional discrimination” against religious minorities, and called for the establishment of a follow-up body to investigate these and other rights...
