by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Jul 2019 | Case Studies
(Last updated: September 2020) This case study was used as part of a UK government-funded report into the persecution of Christians worldwide. The case involves four Christians handed long jail sentences: Victor Bet-Tamraz, his wife Shamiram Issavi, and...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 12 Jul 2019 | News
A young female Christian convert and activist who spent six months in prison for her membership of a Tehran house-church was arrested on Tuesday for “improper” hijab, HRANA reports. Fatemeh Mohammadi, 19, who completed her jail sentence in the spring of last...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Jul 2019 | News
The cross has been replaced on top of the forcibly closed Assyrian church in Tabriz following a global outcry. In the 9 July photo Article18 has been able to obtain, some men can be seen placing the cross back on the tower. It was torn down on 9 May as agents from the...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Jul 2019 | News
The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, yesterday lamented the “intense” persecution of Christians in Iran, during a speech in Washington, DC. “Persecution of the faithful is especially intense inside the Islamic Republic of Iran,” he told the audience at...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 8 Jul 2019 | News
Left to right: Yaghoob Nateghi, Milad Goodarzi, Amin Khaki, Alireza Nourmohammadi and Shahab Shahi. Five Iranian converts submitted themselves to the central detention centre in Karaj on Saturday to begin their jail sentences for “propaganda against the state”. Manoto...
