by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Jun 2021 | News
Left to right: Milad Goodarzi, Amin Khaki, and Alireza Nourmohammadi. Three Christian converts have been given the maximum sentence of five years each in prison under controversial recent amendments to Iran’s penal code. Amin Khaki, Milad Goodarzi and Alireza...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 28 Jun 2021 | News
Iranian Christian convert Hamed Ashoori has been summoned to begin his 10-month prison sentence for “propaganda against the Islamic Republic”, after his appeal was rejected. The 31-year-old, who lives in Fardis, west of Tehran, received a message on Saturday, 26 June...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 22 Jun 2021 | Analysis
As the dust settles on Ebrahim Raisi’s unsurprising election victory, amid record low voter turnout, Article18 assesses what the result means for Iran’s Christians. Embed from Getty Images In his first press conference yesterday as Iran’s new president-elect, current...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 15 Jun 2021 | News
Isfahan’s last two nuns, Fabiola Weiss and Giuseppina Berti, have been told they must leave their convent, while Sister Berti must leave Iran. An elderly Italian nun who has dedicated her life to helping Iran’s poor and needy has been told her visa will not be...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 9 Jun 2021 | Case Studies
(Last updated: May 2023) Case referenced by Article18, IranWire, Middle East Concern, Open Doors, International Christian Concern, Church in Chains, Voice of the Martyrs, Barnabas Fund Summary Iranian Christian converts Sara Ahmadi and her husband Homayoun Zhaveh, who...
