Originally published in Charisma News On Tuesday this week, a specially chartered flight arranged by the Jewish Agency For Israel and sponsored by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem brought a group of 160 Ethiopian Jewish immigrants to Israel as part of the resumed airlift operation Tzur Yisrael (“Rock of Israel”). This will […]
Middle East
Iran sentences Christian man to 10 years in prison for hosting house church
Originally published in The Christian Post The Revolutionary Court of Tehran has sentenced an Iranian-Armenian Christian man to 10 years in prison for establishing a house church, which the judge called “propaganda contrary to and disturbing to the holy religion of Islam,” according to reports. Branch 26 of the Revolutionary […]
Couple married 91 years lived through extreme poverty and are still in love
Originally published in Aleteia Zechariah and Shama’a married when they were just 12 and 10 years of age. Both were orphans and it was common practice in their native Yemen for children to marry young so they would remain within their Jewish community. However, life for the youngsters was hard: “We didn’t […]
Iran: nine converts acquitted by Appeal Court
Originally published by Voice of the Martyrs On Monday February 28 a verdict was issued by Branch 34 of Tehran’s Appeal Court overturning the convictions of nine Christian converts from Rasht. The nine – Abdolreza (Matthias) Haghnejad, Khalil Daeghanpour, Hossein Kadivar, Kamal Naamanian, Mohammad Vafadar, Mohammad (Sharooz) Eslamdoust, Babak Hosseinzadeh, […]
Released Iranian pastor rearrested after fortnight
Originally published by Voice of the Martyrs Iranian Christians request prayer for Pastor Abdolreza (Matthias) Haghnejad and his family after he was rearrested to serve a sentence that had been overturned in 2014. Matthias was released from Anzali Prison near Rasht on December 30 after the Iranian Supreme Court ordered […]
Landmark Iranian judgement: going to church does not make Christians ‘enemies of state’
Originally published by Assist News Service Ruling could see 9 Christians released from prison Iran has decided that belonging to a house church does not make Christians ‘enemies of the state’, according to Open Doors UK & Ireland. The charity reports that the country’s Supreme Court has ruled that nine Christian […]
Bennett to Christian Media Summit: Iranian terror is sweeping the region
Originally published in The Times of Israel Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett focused on Iran in a recorded address to the 5th annual Christian Media Summit yesterday, saying Tehran was instigating terror that threatened Israel and other countries. “As the world fights this invisible enemy,” he said, referring to Covid-19, […]
3D scans show formation matching ‘biblical’ description of Noah’s Ark
Originally published in The Christian Post Biblical archaeologists say they have discovered a boat-like formation matching the biblical description of Noah’s Ark as they used a ground-penetrating radar at a rocky spot in eastern Turkey that some speculated to be the location of the original vessel. Archaeologists associated with a […]
IRAN: Three Christian Men Sentenced to Five Years in Prison Under New Law
Originally published in Voice of the Martyrs Three Christian men who converted from Islam were recently sentenced to five years in prison after they refused to renounce Christ. In November of last year, Iranian authorities raided the homes of the three men and seized Bibles, mobile phones and computers, ordering […]
Iran election set to intensify Christian persecution
Originally published in Christian Today Iran goes to the polls on June 18 to elect its new president. The election has been described as fraudulent and rigged and is likely to be spurned in record numbers by Iranian voters, who consider the outcome a fait accompli. Most of the candidates […]