by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Dec 2023 | Analysis
On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, here are 10 rights that have been denied to Christians in Iran since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979. Article 3 – Right to Life At least 10 Iranian Christians have been...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 5 Dec 2023 | News
A house-church leader serving a six-year sentence for “propagating Christianity” has returned to a prison on the other side of the country from his wife and daughter, after a first visit home since his sudden transfer five months ago. Abdolreza Ali Haghnejad, known as...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 22 Nov 2023 | News
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution last week highlighting violations of human rights in Iran, including “ongoing severe limitations and increasing restrictions on the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief”. The resolution,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 Nov 2023 | Analysis
“Iran belongs to Hezbollahis.” These words, from the director of a Quranic institute near the Iranian capital, broadcasted recently on state TV, garnered widespread reaction and criticism from various quarters, including some former government ministers whom the...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Nov 2023 | Features
The daughter of an Iranian Christian couple who fled Iran to claim asylum in Turkey has written a poem highlighting some of the difficulties refugees face as they await resettlement. Elina Shirani, whose parents’ Witness Statement was published by Article18 today, was...
