#Iran was one of the countries where freedoms were further eroded last year, according to Freedom House's new report, which noted:

"The government subjects some non-Muslim #minorities to repressive policies & discrimination, including #Bahais and unrecognized #Christian groups" (#Converts).

Iran scored 16/100.

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We are pleased to see the U.S. Department of State express its concern at the recent amendments to Articles 499 and 500 of #Iran's penal code, which are routinely used in the prosecution of #Christian #converts.

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Prison deadline looms for Parkinson’s sufferer and wife
Those responsible for securing Sara and Homayoun's release on bail have received a written warning that if the couple do not hand themselves in to Tehran's Evin Prison by 15 June, the property deeds they submitted as collateral will be forfeited.

Sara and Homayoun’s bank accounts have also been frozen.

The couple’s only hope now is that the Supreme Court takes on their case, or at least agrees to allow Homayoun to pay a fine instead of going to prison, owing to his ill health.

But even were this to happen and Sara still had to go to prison, Homayoun would lose not only his wife but also his primary carer.

#Iran #Christians #Converts #Parkinsons
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‎⁦ #I_Am_A_Christian_too⁩ campaigners in ⁦ #Stockholm⁩, ⁦ #Sweden⁩ say they want to be the voice of ⁦ #Iran⁩'s ⁦ #Christian⁩ ⁦ #converts⁩ to the international community, and call on ⁦ @SwedishPM⁩ ⁦ @SweMFA⁩ to prioritise ⁦ #human_rights⁩ over economic interests.

We are with you all over the world
⁧ #من_هم_یک_مسیحی_هستم⁩
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Yesterday, Homayoun and Sara presented themselves at Evin Prison to begin serving their prison sentences, only to find out they have been given 30 more days outside prison walls. They have relaunched their appeal against their combined 10-year prison sentence.
Please join us in calling for an end to this gross miscarriage of justice by signing our petition.
https://articleeighteen.com/campaigns/petition/8774/
روز گذشته همایون ژاوه و سارا احمدی برای اجرای حکم مجموعا ۱۰ سال زندان، خود را به دادسرا و زندان اوین معرفی کردند. به آنها یک مهلت ۳۰ روزه داده شد تا مجددا خود را به زندان معرفی کنند. این زوج نوکیش درخواست اعاده دادرسی کرده و خواستار تبرئه خود از اتهامات بی اساسی شده‌اند که منجر به صدور چنین حکم ناعادلانه‌ای شده است. برای پایان دادن به بی‌عدالتی در قبال این زوج نوکیش مسیحی، با ما هم‌صدا شوید و این دادخواست را امضا کنید.
#Parkinsons #Christians #converts #Iran #Homayoun_Zhaveh #Sara_Ahmadi #petition
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Three Christian converts were arrested last night in the northern city of Rasht, in the latest blow to the beleaguered Christian community there.

Ahmad Sarparast, Morteza Mashoodkari, and Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh were arrested at around 10pm – two at a house-church meeting, and another at his home – and are now being held in an unknown location.

The small community of Christian converts in Rasht has been affected perhaps more than any other in Iran in recent years, with 11 local Christians currently serving long prison sentences, another living in internal exile, and a further four facing a combined 13 years in prison.

#Iran #Rasht #Christians #Converts

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Despite missing his family terribly – including not being present at any of his 15-year-old daughter Martha’s last four birthdays – Saheb Fadaie refuses to apply for conditional release, saying he cannot accept the condition of no further involvement with a house-church.

But still the prison authorities insist on applying for conditional release on his behalf, only for the very authority to recommend it in the first place - Tehran's chief prosecutor - to later reject it.

#Iran #Christians #Converts

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Today we think of Yousef Nadarkhani, once sentenced to death for apostasy, and now serving a 6-year prison sentence (reduced from 10) for leading a house-church, as converts have no other #place2worship. The United Nations ruled last year that his detention was arbitrary, but he's still in prison.

#AdventCalendar #Iran #Christians #Converts
امروز «ماده ۱۸» از یوسف ندرخانی، شهروند #مسیحی زندانی یاد می‌کند که در حال تحمل شش سال حبس است. یوسف به دلیل رهبری یک #کلیسای خانگی به زندان محکوم شده‌است. یک کارگروه حقوق بشری سازمان ملل، سال گذشته اعلام کرد که حکومت ایران با زندانی کردن این رهبر کلیسای خانگی، تعهدات بین‌المللی خود را در مورد حقوق بشر، نقض کرده‌است. کلیساهای رسمی تعطیل شده و حکومت به منازل و کلیساهای خانگی حمله می‌کند. #کلیسا_حق_همه_مسیحیان_است

Today we honour Saheb Fadaie, who is serving a six-year sentence alongside Yousef Nadarkhani. Saheb has refused the offer of parole, saying he can't accept the condition of no further involvement in house-churches. He also co-authored an open letter, asking for Persian-speaking Christians to be given a #place2worship.

#Iran #Christians #Converts #AdventCalendar

امروز از صاحب (زمان) فدایی یاد می‌کنیم که در حال تحمل شش سال حبس، به دلیل باور مسیحی و فعالیت مسالمت آمیز دینی است.

صاحب که بیش از سه سال را در زندان گذرانده، پیشنهاد آزادی مشروط را رد کرده و گفته‌است که نمی‌تواند شرط عدم شرکت در کلیساهای خانگی را که حق قانونی اوست، بپذیرد. او همچنین، همراه با بهنام اخلاقی و بابک حسین‌زاده، دو نوکیش مسیحی زندانی، نامه‌ای سرگشاده نوشته و به نقض حقوق مسیحیان فارسی‌زبان اعتراض کرده‌است. این مسیحیان زندانی همچنین تأکید کردند که داشتن محلی برای عبادت، حق مسیحیان فارسی‌زبان است.

#کلیسا_حق_همه_مسیحیان_است

Today we think of Youhan Omidi, now living in internal exile 1,000km from his wife and 2 daughters, having already spent 2 years in prison and been given 80 lashes - all for becoming a Christian and, in the absence of any other #place2worship, joining a house-church.

امروز از نوکیش مسیحی یوهان امیدی یاد می‌کنیم که دوران ۲ سال محکومیت خود را در تبعید می‌گذراند. محمدرضا (یوهان) امیدی، بعد از اتمام دو سال زندان به دلیل فعالیتهای مسالمت‌آمیز عقیدتی، و نیز ۸۰ ضربه شلاق به اتهام نوشیدن شراب در مراسم کلیسایی «شام خداوند»، به شهر برازجان (۱۰۰۰ کلیومتر دورتر از شهر خود در رشت) تبعید شد. همه اینها به دلیل شرکت و عضویت در کلیسای خانگی! با او همصدا شوید که #کلیسا_حق_همه_مسیحیان_است

#Iran #Christians #Converts #HouseChurches #Exile #adventcalendar

«ما آزار میبینیم، اما وانهاده نشده‌ایم»
تقویم ادونت ۲۰۲۱ مسیحیان ایرانی

اینها چهره‌های افرادی است که در ۲۵ روز گذشته (از ابتدای ماه دسامبر تا روز میلاد مسیح) با شما از آنها یاد کردیم. ۱۹ نفر از مسیحیانی که به دلیل ایمان و فعالیتهای مسالمت‌آمیز عقیدتی در زندان هستند، یک نفر در تبعید و ۷ نفر که در انتظار محاکمه یا اجرای حکم زندان هستند! همه به این دلیل که حکومت فعلی ایران اجازه پرستش آزادانه و ذست‌جمعی را به مسیحیان فارسی‌زبان نمی‌دهد.

#کلیسا_حق_همه_مسیحیان_است

These are the faces, then, of the 19 Christians in prison in Iran for their faith, of another living in exile, and 7 more facing imminent imprisonment - all because Persian-speaking Christians have no #place2worship. In the hope that one day they will.

#Advent #ChristmasDay #Iran #Christians #Converts #FoRB

Iran "continue[s] to arrest, charge, sentence, & jail scores of Christians on charges including ‘propaganda against the regime’" - United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
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