by Steve Dew-Jones | 12 Aug 2021 | Reports
The “systematic” oppression of Christian converts in Iran is the focus of a new in-depth report by the US-based Iran Human Rights Documentation Center. Available in both English and Persian, the report highlights the myriad ways in which converts to Christianity have...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Aug 2021 | News
Christian convert Reza Zaeemi was yesterday released from prison, on the condition he wears an electronic tag for the remainder of his nine-month sentence. He is also banned from leaving the country for two years following the completion of his sentence. Reza has...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 4 Aug 2021 | Write a Message
Article18 is calling on the Iranian government to immediately release Christian prisoner of conscience Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh, and to stop prosecuting Christian converts like him. Nasser, who celebrated his 60th birthday on 3 August, has been in Tehran’s Evin Prison...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 4 Aug 2021 | News
Left to right: Mohammad Ali (Davoud) Torabi, Mohammad Kayidgap, Esmaeil Narimanpour, and Alireza Varak-Shah. Four Christian converts from the south-western city of Dezful are the latest Iranian Christians to be officially charged with “propaganda against the Islamic...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 30 Jul 2021 | Features
The deaths of an elderly Iranian couple following a violent raid by intelligence agents on their house-church in 2008, though a relatively recent event, remains a largely untold story. Abbas Amiri, who was 63, and his wife Sakineh Rahnama – both converts to...
