by Steve Dew-Jones | 30 Jan 2019 | News
The UK government today launched an independent review into the persecution of Christians globally. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the review would focus especially on “key countries” in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, where the severest persecution of...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 29 Jan 2019 | News
An Iranian Christian convert sentenced last year to five years in prison for “membership of an evangelical group and conducting evangelism” has had his sentence reduced to two years. Majidreza Souzanchi, 35, has been in Evin Prison since his arrest on 17 November...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Jan 2019 | News
An Iranian who converted to Christianity nearly 40 years ago was arrested in Shiraz on Friday morning by plainclothes officers claiming to be from the Ministry of Intelligence. Esmaeil Maghrebinezhad, 64, has been regularly harassed by Iran’s security forces since his...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Jan 2019 | News
A 26-year-old convert to Christianity was arrested following a violent raid on his home in Isfahan last week, Article18 can confirm. Witnesses told Article18 that Sina Moloudian was dragged away from his home with bruises around his eyes following the raid, which took...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 24 Jan 2019 | News
Amnesty International has called 2018 Iran’s “year of shame” for its “chilling” crackdown on the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly. The charity’s new report, which focuses on the more than 7,000 people arrested for partaking in...
