by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Aug 2022 | Analysis
A young man named Siamak admitted the 2012 murder of an American woman named Teresa Virginia, for which he was sentenced to be hanged as a “retribution in kind”. (Photo: Aftab News) The resurfacing of a decade-old murder case involving an American...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Aug 2022 | News
Left to right: Malihe Nazari, Mina Khajavi, Joseph Shahbazian, Somayeh (Sonya) Sadegh, and Masoumeh Ghasemi. An Iranian court of appeal has upheld the sentences of five Christians facing a total of 22 years in prison and the equivalent of $2,225 in fines for their...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 Aug 2022 | News
An Iranian Christian convert with advanced Parkinson’s disease and his wife have been detained in Tehran. Homayoun Zhaveh, who is about to celebrate his 64th birthday, and Sara Ahmadi, 44, answered a summons to an administrative office of Evin Prison on Saturday,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 5 Aug 2022 | News
A Christian convert from Karaj, near Tehran, has been arrested and remains in detention on unknown charges. Mohammad Golbaz, who is 34 years old, was arrested at his motorcycle repair shop on Saturday, 30 July, by more than a dozen plainclothes intelligence...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Aug 2022 | News
Left to right: Maryam (Khadijeh) Mohammadi, Anooshavan Avedian, and Abbas Soori. Three Iranian Christians have been informed that the Supreme Court has refused to review their sentences of prison and exile for “propaganda contrary to and disturbing to the holy...
