by Steve Dew-Jones | 11 Jun 2013 | News
Left to right: Homayoun Shekoohi, Mojtaba Hosseini, Vahid Hakani, and Mohammad Reza Partovi. Branch 3 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Shiraz has sentenced four Christian converts to three years and eight months each in prison, a verdict communicated to their...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 May 2013 | News
A sign was posted on the door of the Central Assemblies of God Church in Tehran, telling church members it had been closed for “major repairs”. Pastor Edward Hovsepian, who oversees a collection of Iranian out-of-country churches called the Council of...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 22 May 2013 | News
George Wood, General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God in the US The Superintendent of the Assemblies of God denomination in the US has called on Christians to “earnestly pray” for the recently arrested pastor of the Central Assemblies of God Church...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 May 2013 | News
One of the leaders of the Central Assemblies of God Church in Tehran, Robert Asseriyan, was arrested today while leading a prayer meeting at the church. Security forces first stormed into Pastor Asseriyan’s house, but when they did not find him there they went to the...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 21 May 2013 | News
The leaders of the Central Assemblies of God Church in Tehran have invited church members to a meeting next Sunday, when they will inform them of their final decision regarding the church’s future, amidst the threat of its complete closure. The announcement, made...
