Overnight protests rock Tehran, other Iranian cities, videos show
Reuters Protests rocked Iran again overnight Thursday after seeming to have dwindled in recent weeks, with marchers calling for the overthrow of the Islamic Republic, online video posts purportedly showed on Friday. The marches in numerous cities including Tehran that began on Thursday evening and went on into the night marked 40 days since the […]
Iran lawmakers demand severe punishment for “rioters” as protests rage
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Hardline Iranian lawmakers urged the judiciary on Sunday to “deal decisively” with perpetrators of unrest, as the Islamic Republic struggles to suppress the biggest show of dissent in years. Widespread anti-government demonstrations erupted in September after the death of young Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, who had been detained by morality […]
Iran prison fire kills four, injures 61 as protests persist
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters A fire at Iran’s Evin prison late on Saturday killed four detainees and injured 61, state media reported, as anti-government protests sparked by a woman’s death in police custody continued on Sunday, including at several universities. Iranian authorities said on Saturday that a prison workshop had been set on fire “after […]
Iran protests Western stance on mass protests over woman’s death
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Iran summoned the British and Norwegian ambassadors over what it called interference and hostile media coverage of the nationwide unrest triggered by the death of a woman detained by morality police. Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian also criticised US support for “rioters” – the label Tehran has used for many who […]
One killed amid price protests in Iran
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Protests over soaring food prices continued in several cities in Iran on Saturday, according to postings on social media, while an Iranian lawmaker told local media one person was killed in a demonstration in the south-west. The protests were triggered last week by a cut in state subsidies for imported wheat that caused price […]
Three more Iranian Christians arrested in Rasht, says CSW
Three Iranian Christians have been arrested in the city of Rasht in the country’s north, according to religious freedom advocacy group CSW. The UK-based organisation reported that two members of the Church of Iran – Babak Hosseinzadeh and Behnam Akhlagh – were arrested while attending a church service on 23rd February while a third man, Mehdi Khatibi, […]
Iran continues to arrest Christians on eve of 40th anniversary of revolution
World Watch Monitor Iran’s security officials have arrested three Christians who were leading a house church in the absence of their pastor who is serving a ten-year jail sentence, reports Article 18. In the latest raid on a non-Trinitarian “Church of Iran” on Sunday, 10th February, in the northern city of Rasht, officers of the Ministry of […]
Iranian Christians sentenced to prison, verdict says “claiming Jesus is Lord is attack against Islam”
World Watch Monitor Saheb Fadaie, Youcef Nadarkhani, Yasser Mossayebzadeh and Mohammad Reza Omidi. Two Iranian Christians have been given prison sentences for “spreading propaganda against the regime”, reports Middle East Concern. Saheb Fadaei and Fatimeh Bakhteri, who belong to the non-Trinitarian “Church of Iran”, were sentenced to 18 and 12 months, respectively. Middle East Concern noted […]
US commission calls for Iranian Christians’ release after “new miscarriage of justice”
World Watch Monitor From left: Saheb Fadaie, Youcef Nadarkhani, Yasser Mossayebzadeh and Mohammad Reza Omidi. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom has called for the “immediate and unconditional” release of an Iranian pastor and three of his church members, after they were taken to prison last week to serve 10 year sentences for “acting against national […]
Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani taken to Evin Prison after violent raid on home
World Watch Monitor Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has been taken to Evin Prison in the capital, Tehran, after a violent raid on his home in the northern city of Rasht on Sunday. The pastor was sentenced to 10 years in prison in July of last year, alongside three members of his congregation, and had been expecting a summons […]