Over 50 Christians in five cities arrested in new crackdown

Over 50 Christians in five cities arrested in new crackdown

More than 50 Christian converts have been arrested in a rash of new incidents across five Iranian cities over the […]

Pastor transferred to prison 1,000 miles from home and family

Pastor transferred to prison 1,000 miles from home and family

An Iranian pastor who has spent most of the past four years behind bars has now been transferred to another […]

Three Christian women held incommunicado for 40 days face court hearing on unknown charges

Three Christian women held incommunicado for 40 days face court hearing on unknown charges

Shilan Oraminejad, Razieh (Maral) Kohzady, and Zahra (Yalda) Heidary were arrested in their homes early in the morning of 9 May by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence.

Convert flogged for second time, now faces exile

Convert flogged for second time, now faces exile

A house-church leader who has already spent nearly five years in prison, and was once flogged for drinking Communion wine, has been flogged a second time and now faces two years in exile. 

Decade-long prison sentence for Iranian Christian reduced to two years

Decade-long prison sentence for Iranian Christian reduced to two years

A Court of Appeal in Tehran has cut a decade-long prison sentence for a Christian down to two years after […]

Parkinson’s sufferer and wife acquitted, released from prison

Parkinson’s sufferer and wife acquitted, released from prison

A 64-year-old Christian convert with advanced Parkinson’s disease and his wife have been acquitted and released from their combined 10-year […]

Christian convert whose son has leukaemia released from prison

Christian convert whose son has leukaemia released from prison

A 50-year-old Christian convert whose son has been battling leukaemia for five years was released from prison on Monday, two […]

Supreme Court orders retrial of Christian couple serving combined 10-year sentence

Supreme Court orders retrial of Christian couple serving combined 10-year sentence

An Iranian Christian couple serving a combined 10 years in prison for belonging to a house-church have had their third […]

Supreme Court agrees to retrial of Iranian-Armenian pastor serving 10-year sentence

Supreme Court agrees to retrial of Iranian-Armenian pastor serving 10-year sentence

Iran’s Supreme Court has agreed that an ethnic Armenian pastor serving a 10-year prison sentence for holding church services in […]

Church Haik Hovsepian founded set to be sold by Iranian state

Church Haik Hovsepian founded set to be sold by Iranian state

A church of huge significance for Iranian Christians is set to be sold by an organisation headed by Iran’s Supreme […]