Category: Iran

Five Christian converts have been sentenced to a total of over forty years in prison

Iran’s Supreme Court has rejected the application for retrial of Christian prisoner Mehran Shamloui, who is serving a ten-year sentence

A news report broadcast by Iran’s state-controlled media corporation portrays recently-arrested Christian converts as security threats

Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has admitted to arresting over fifty Christians since the ceasefire on 24 June

At least 21 Iranian Christians were arrested in five cities in the two weeks after the ceasefire with Israel came into effect

Christian convert Mehran Shamloui, who fled to Turkey after being sentenced to ten years in prison, has been deported back to Iran and arrested

Christians were among those moved to other prisons following Israel’s strike on 23 June

Christian convert Aida Najaflou remains in Evin Prison over three months after her arrest because she cannot afford bail

Christian Solidarity Worldwide has published a letter from Hakop in which he recounts human rights violations and death threats in custody

Update: Lida was released on bail on 13 May