by Steve Dew-Jones | 10 Feb 2022 | News
Javaid Rehman (UN Web TV) The UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Iran has reiterated his “concern” at the regime’s “continued repression of religious minorities”, including arresting Christians “for the practice of their beliefs”. In his latest report,...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Feb 2022 | News
Three converts from the northern city of Rasht have been summoned to begin serving prison sentences of between two and five years for “acting against national security” by attending a house-church and “spreading ‘Zionist’ Christianity”. Ramin Hassanpour, his wife...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Feb 2022 | News
The “heroic act” of converting to any other religion than Islam was the central talking point in yesterday’s webinar on “The Persecution of Christians in Iran”, hosted by IranWire’s Maziar Bahari and featuring Article18’s Mansour Borji and three Christian former...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 4 Feb 2022 | Features
Ali Shahvari was detained for a year, including two months in solitary confinement, following his second arrest for his Christian activities. The former drug addict, who now likes to be called Iman (meaning “faith”), had become a keen evangelist after experiencing a...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 4 Feb 2022 | Witness Statements
For a summary of Iman’s story, you can read our feature article here. Background and conversion 1. My name is Ali Shahvari, known by the name Iman, and I was born in Tehran in 1968. In 1996, I met my wife, Azam, who lived in our neighbourhood, and we...
