by Barbi Larkins | May 4, 2022 | Fariba Dalir, Iran, Updates
Iranian Christians request prayer for Fariba Dalir as she serves a two-year prison sentence for “acting against national security by establishing and leading an Evangelical Christian church.” In July 2021 agents from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)...
by Barbi Larkins | Apr 13, 2022 | Iran, Released, Updates
Reeza Zaeemi Released – August 8, 2021 Reeza Zaeemi was released from prison on August 8, 2021, on condition, ‘he wears an electronic tag for the remainder of his nine month sentence’. He is banned from leaving Iran for two years following the completion...
by VOM NZ | Jun 11, 2021 | Iran, Kamal Naamanian, Released, Updates
Naamanian was included in the group of 85,000 prisoners that Iran temporarily released in efforts to reduce the threat of COVID-19 spreading in detention centres on 17 March 2020. The 5 year sentence officially began on 2 June...
by VOM NZ | Apr 7, 2021 | Iran, Released, Updates
On September 5, 2019 Fatemeh Bakhteri was charged with ‘propaganda against the system’, and sentenced to one years imprisonment, followed by two-years deprivation of all social activities, membership in political and social groups and associations with...
by VOM NZ | Mar 2, 2021 | Iran, Released, Updates
Mahrokh Roksare Kanbari was released temporarily on March 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, having provided security of 30 million tomans ($2,000). On April 2, prison authorities informed Mahrokh that she was no longer required to return to prison. It is expected that...
by VOM NZ | Mar 2, 2021 | Iran, Updates
On June 22, 2020, Yousef Nadarkhani’s sentence was reduced to six years. Further areas for appeal are also being...
