by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 May 2023 | News
British-Iranian bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani has called on the UK government to consider offering a “safe-route scheme” for Iranians fleeing persecution on account of their faith. In an oral question at the UK House of Lords this afternoon, Bishop Guli cited...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 May 2023 | News
This Sunday will be the 10th anniversary of the forced closure of the largest Persian-speaking church in Iran, the Central Assemblies of God Church in Tehran. The once-thriving church, built in the 1970s and re-registered in 1980 after the establishment of the Islamic...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 May 2023 | News
A 64-year-old Christian convert with advanced Parkinson’s disease and his wife have been acquitted and released from their combined 10-year prison sentence. Homayoun Zhaveh, whose health has deteriorated while in prison, and his wife Sara Ahmadi had been detained in...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 5 May 2023 | News
Researchers found that many victims’ devices were first infected near police stations or border posts. (Photo: Lookout) Intelligence officers belonging to the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran, or FARAJA, are using spyware to monitor...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 May 2023 | News
The “sharply deteriorated religious-freedom conditions” in Iran are the focus of the cover and introduction to the latest annual report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. The cover of the report, which was published yesterday, features a...
