by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Jan 2014 | News
Ahvaz Assemblies of God church member Davoud Alijani has been released after 257 days in Karoun Prison. Davoud was arrested during a Christmas celebration in December 2011, alongside all other members of his Ahvaz church. Most were released after being interrogated...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 8 Jan 2014 | News
Four Christian converts – Sara Rahimi Nejad, Majid Sheidaei, Mostafa Nadri and George Issaian – were arrested by plainclothes security officers in Fardis, Karaj on New Year’s Eve, according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran....
by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Jan 2014 | News
Christian convert Hossein Saketi Aramsari has been sentenced to one year in prison for “promoting Christianity”. Hossein, who is known as Stephen, was first arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents on 23 July 2013 in the Golestan Jungle, according to HRANA. He was...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 2 Jan 2014 | News
St. Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran has been forced to ban Persian-speaking Christians from its services. Pastor Sergis Benjamin, speaking ahead of Christmas, urged Persian speakers to no longer visit the church. But with only a few Assyrian and Armenian...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 27 Dec 2013 | News
Five Christians were arrested as they celebrated Christmas together on Christmas Eve at a “house church” in eastern Tehran. Ahmad Bazyar, Faegheh Nasrollahi, Mastaneh Rastegari, Amir Hossein Nematollahi were arrested at the home of a man only identified as an engineer...
