by Steve Dew-Jones | 31 Jul 2013 | News
Christian convert Mostafa Bordbar has been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for “gathering with intent to commit crimes against Iranian national security”. The verdict, which was communicated today to his lawyer, Shima Ghosheh, was issued by Branch 26...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Jul 2013 | News
The Revolutionary Court in Shiraz on Tuesday 16 July handed heavy jail sentences to eight members of the “Church of Iran”. Mohammad (Vahid) Roghangir was sentenced to six years in prison; Massoud Rezaei to five; Mehdi Ameruni and Bigan Farokhpour Haghighi to three;...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Jul 2013 | News
Ebrahim Firouzi, a Christian convert and prisoner of conscience, has been sentenced to one year in prison followed by two years in exile in the far-southeastern city of Sarbaz, in Sistan and Baluchestan province. Ebrahim was arrested on 7 March, and released on bail...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Jul 2013 | News
Pastor Robert Asseriyan, a leader of the Central Assemblies of God Church in Tehran, was released from Evin Prison yesterday. Pastor Asseriyan was arrested on Tuesday, 21 May when security forces stormed his home and then the church service he was leading. He was then...
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...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 12 Jan 2013 | News
Retired Iranian-Armenian pastor Vruir Avanessian has been released on bail after two weeks in detention. Pastor Vruir was arrested on 27 December alongside a number of converts to Christianity, and taken to Evin Prison. During his detention, the pastor, who...
