Originally published in CBN NEWS. Despite an Islamic government that systematically harasses and imprisons Christian converts and indoctrinates its youth into Islam, Christianity is growing at unprecedented rates in Iran. Islamic Clerics are warning against the spread of Christianity, authorities are routinely targeting house churches, and conversion to Christianity is […]
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Iranian Christian convert given extra sentence at retrial
Originally published by Middle East Concern Friends and family of Iranian Christian convert Ismaeil Maghrebinejad are requesting prayer after a disappointing decision following a May 9 retrial. On February 27, Ismaeil had been sentenced to two years in prison for “membership of a group hostile to the regime”. He had […]
Iran’s supreme leader approves sentencing of Christian pastor without court hearing
Originally published in Persecution.org Pastor Matthias Hagnejad found that his five-year prison sentence was upheld after Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamanei, gave the judges reviewing his verdict special permission to bypass court procedures. The sentence was issued after he had been convicted for “acting against national security”. Pastor Matthias was […]
Faith-fuelled satellite TV combats coronavirus ‘wave of fear’
Originally published in Religion News Service As anxious families in the troubled Middle East and North Africa — and especially Iran — face the coronavirus epidemic, Christian broadcaster SAT-7 (www.sat7usa.org) this week launched a new campaign to “calm the wave of fear with God’s peace”. With coronavirus — known as […]
Netanyahu: Israel stopped airplane terror attacks in Europe
Originally published in Breaking Israel News On Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a group of ambassadors from several of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) countries that Israeli intelligence had prevented “several dozen major terrorist attacks” on European cities, including some 9-11 type plots that “involved civil aviation”. “When we […]
Protests in Iran: What does it mean?
Anti-government protests in Iran have entered their second week. The Iranian government is a major sponsor of global terrorism and is committed to the destruction of Israel. It is a nuclear threat and a persecutor of Christians. Yet, reportedly Christianity is growing faster in Iran than anywhere else in the […]
20 Iranian Christians embark on secret journey to celebrate baptism
Originally published in CBN News This may come as a surprise to many of our readers: Christianity is growing faster in Iran than in any other country in the world. The population there is overwhelmingly Muslim, yet tens of thousands are abandoning the faith. On a recent Friday afternoon, some […]
Iran arrests Christian mother and son for their faith
Originally published in Christian Today Iranian government agents have arrested two newly baptised Christians — a mother and her son –seizing their Bibles and other Christian books. Anousheh Reza-bakhsh and her son Soheil Zagarzadeh Sani — also known as “Veronika” and “Augustine,” respectively — were arrested by Iran’s elite Revolutionary […]
Pastor freed in Iran
Originally published in The Christian Telegraph After six years in prison, Pastor Behnam Irani has been released from Ghezel Hesar Prison, and is now free in Iran, Christian Telegraph reports according to ASSIST News Service. “I basically have very little details. He finished serving his sentence and was released. He […]
Christian executed in Iran spoke of meeting Jesus before his death
Originally published in Christian Today The moving last words of a man executed in prison in Iran a few days ago were of his profound faith in Jesus Christ. The brother of Alireza Asadi, one of 12 people executed near Tehran at the end of August, has posted his last […]
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