by Steve Dew-Jones | 11 Jul 2025 | News
An interview with Article18’s Fred Petrossian, following the publication of his new book, ‘Why Christian Converts flee Iran’. Please can you give a short summary of what the book is about? “This book examines why Christian converts in Iran are forced to flee their...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Jul 2025 | News
At least 21 Christians have been arrested in five different cities in the two weeks since the end of the conflict with Israel, Article18 can reveal. The arrests by agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence targeted Christians in the cities of Tehran, Rasht, Orumiyeh,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 4 Jul 2025 | News
An Iranian Christian convert and former prisoner of conscience, Rasoul Abdollahi, has died following an accident at his home at the age of 55. Rasoul, who spent two years in prison following his arrest at Christmas in 2010, died on Tuesday, 1 July, and was buried...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 4 Jul 2025 | News
An Iranian Christian who fled after being sentenced to 10 years in prison for his membership of a house-church has been detained after being deported back to Iran from Turkey. Mehran Shamloui, who is 43 years old, fled Iran earlier this year after he and two other...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 4 Jul 2025 | News
An Iranian pastor in California has called for the United States to “open the doors” to refugees after several of his church members – all asylum-seekers – were detained. Ara Torosian, an Iranian-American who himself arrived to the US as a refugee in 2010...
