by Steve Dew-Jones | 18 Nov 2020 | Features
Iranian Christian convert Kavian Fallah-Mohammadi has spoken exclusively with Article18 about his arrest at a Christmas gathering in 2014, at the home of Iranian-Assyrian pastor Victor Bet-Tamraz, his subsequent 10-year prison sentence, and the eventual rejection of...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Nov 2020 | News
Mehdi Akbari (left), known as Yasser, and Mehdi Rokhparvar are now in Evin Prison. Four Christian converts have been sentenced to a combined 35 years in prison. Mehdi Akbari, Fatemeh Sharifi and Simin Soheilinia were given 10 years, and Mehdi Rokhparvar five, all...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 16 Nov 2020 | News
Saheb Fadaie. Despite international condemnation of the recent flogging of an Iranian convert for drinking Communion wine, a second convert has now received the same punishment. Zaman Fadaie, who prefers to be called Saheb, received 80 lashes yesterday, one month and...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Nov 2020 | News
Mary Mohammadi (5th row, centre), Nasrin Sotoudeh (top-left) & Amirsalar Davoudi (4th row, centre) are among 53 activists featured in the report by Oslo-based Iran Human Rights. Christian convert Fatemeh (Mary) Mohammadi is among 53 activists featured in a new...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Nov 2020 | News
Imprisoned Christian convert Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh has been informed that his third request for a retrial has been rejected. Nasser, who is 59 years old, is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Tehran’s Evin Prison because of his membership of a house-church, for...
