by Steve Dew-Jones | 8 Jul 2019 | Reports
Although Christians in the Armenian and Assyrian churches may practise their faith within strict confines, persecution in Iran is on the rise for others and most of it is targeted at Christians from a Muslim background and Protestant Christians. Just before...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 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, including five members of one family, were arrested in the southwestern city of Bushehr on...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Jul 2019 | News
Left to right: Simin Fahandej, Javaid Rehman, Hamid Gharagozloo, Bob Blackman MP, Mattie Heaven, and Richard Ratcliffe. The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran spoke yesterday of his “serious concern” over the “disturbing” mistreatment of converts to...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Jun 2019 | Features
Mariet Michaelian gave birth to her firstborn, Anna, on the day it was confirmed her father had been murdered. Tateos Michaelian, who led an Armenian evangelical church in Tehran and had been an outspoken critic of the Iranian regime’s mistreatment of Christians, had...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Jun 2019 | News
Tomorrow will be the 25th anniversary of the forced disappearance of Tateos Michaelian, an outspoken Iranian Armenian church leader and Bible translator who was found dead three days after going missing. His son identified his body, which according to one report was...
