by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Nov 2013 | News
Two prisoners of conscience being held in Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison have been hospitalised. Vahid Hakani, a Christian convert, has suffered gastrointestinal bleeding; Kasra Nouri, a Gonabadi dervish activist, has nerve damage in his back. Vahid is serving a sentence...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 Oct 2013 | News
A retired American pastor arrested on Monday for protesting outside Evin Prison has been released from custody and is set to be deported. Eddie Romero was protesting against the detention of several Iranians Christians and a lawyer in the prison. His protest was...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 Oct 2013 | News
A retired American pastor has been arrested by security forces after peacefully protesting outside Evin Prison against the arbitrary detention of Iranian Christians and increased pressure on the Church in the country. Eddie Romero live-streamed today’s protest...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Oct 2013 | News
Two Christians from Tehran arrested almost two months ago are in Ward 209 of Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, Article18 understands. Ebrahim Firouzi and Sevada Aghasar were arrested on 21 August at a friend’s office in Karaj, then taken away to an unknown location....
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Oct 2013 | News
Left to right: Homayoun Shekoohi, Mojtaba Hosseini, Vahid Hakani, and Mohammad Reza Partovi. An appeals court in Shiraz today upheld the prison sentences of four Christian converts. In June, after already spending eight months in prison, Mojtaba Hosseini, Homayoun...
