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...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Jun 2012 | News
A church in western Tehran has been forced to close by order of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. The pastor of the church, Robert Gogtapeh, was informed of the decision on 29 May. Then, last Tuesday, Revolutionary Guard intelligence agents ordered the Council of the...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 6 Jun 2012 | News
Mehrdad Sajjadi, a leader at the Emmanuel Evangelical Church in Tehran, was arrested together with his wife Forough Dashtiani on Thursday 24 May in Karaj. The news follows an alarming trend in closures and imposed restrictions on churches that hold services in the...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 17 Feb 2012 | News
Two officially registered churches in Tehran have been told they can no longer conduct services in the Persian language, nor hold any meetings on Fridays – Iran’s day off. Emmanuel Protestant Church and St Peter’s Evangelical Church both received a letter on 10...
