by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Jul 2019 | News
Left to right: Pooriya Peyma, Fatemeh Talebi, Maryam Falahi, Sam Khosravi, Khatoon Fatolahzadeh, Sasan Khosravi, Marjan Falahi, and Habib Heydari. Eight converts to Christianity arrested in the southwestern city of Bushehr earlier this month have been released on bail...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Jul 2019 | News
(Middle East Concern) A 62-year-old woman convert to Christianity arrested shortly before Christmas is due to appear in court next week, reports Middle East Concern. Rokhsareh (Mahrokh) Ghanbari has been summoned to appear at the Revolutionary Court in Karaj next...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Jul 2019 | News
Dabrina Bet-Tamraz (right) spoke yesterday at the second annual Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom in Washington, DC. (Photo: Twitter @DemandForAction) The daughter of an Iranian couple facing long prison sentences for their Christian activities has spoken out...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Jul 2019 | News
The cross on top of the Assyrian Presbyterian Evangelical Church in Tabriz was replaced last week, two months to the day since it was taken down. A pro-government news agency in Iran has claimed the Assyrian church in Tabriz was never forcibly closed, as Article18...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Jul 2019 | Case Studies
This case study was used as part of a UK government-funded report into the persecution of Christians worldwide. Case referenced by Article18, Assyrian International News Agency, Iranwire, Radio Farda, World Watch Monitor, Voice of the Martyrs Canada. Case Summary On...
