by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Jan 2020 | Analysis
In the wake of the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, Article18 explains how his Revolutionary Guard Corps became one of the chief instruments of the regime’s ongoing repression of ordinary Iranians, including Christians. Embed from Getty Images It all changed...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Jan 2020 | News
All that now remains of the pastor’s unmarked grave is the soil under which he was once buried. The grave of the only Iranian Christian to have been executed on official charges of apostasy has been demolished. The body of Rev Hossein Soodmand was buried on the...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 6 Jan 2020 | News
Ramiel Bet-Tamraz (centre) with his parents, pastor Victor Bet-Tamraz and Shamiram Issavi The son of an Iranian-Assyrian couple facing years in prison for their Christian activities has been summoned to serve his own four-month sentence for “actions against national...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 27 Dec 2019 | News
Asghar Salehi (left) and Mohammad Reza Rezaei (Middle East Concern) Three Christian converts have begun six-month jail sentences after they were convicted earlier this year of “propaganda against the system through promoting Zionist Christianity”. Asghar...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Dec 2019 | News
Fatemeh Mohammadi started a campaign earlier this year for all Iranian Christians – whether from Christian families or converts – to be allowed to attend church. An Iranian Christian woman who converted to Christianity as a teenager has been kicked out of...
