Iranian Authorities’ Refuse to Allow Christian Convert Ebrahim Firoozi to See Dying Mother
Kobra Kamrani holds a sign that says "Ebrahim Firoozi." While battling breast cancer for the past year, Kobra Kamrani’s only wish ...
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January 29, 2018
Iranian Pastor’s Wife Sentenced to Five Years in Prison For “Acting Against National Security”
Judge Ahmadzadeh Has Sentenced 16 Christians to Prison In Less Than A Year Shamiram Isavi, the wife of Victor Bet Tamraz, who formerly led Iran’s Assyrian Pentecostal Church, has been sentenced to ...
June 29, 2012
Cartoon 10: “Recognized Religion,” Unrecognized Believers
The Iranian Constitution grants Christianity the status of ‘recognized religion,’ safeguarding the right of its believers to exercise their faith. In practice, authorities are increasingly persecuting Christians, especially Protestants and converts, closing churches, arresting community leaders, and even threatening converts with execution. ...
December 23, 2011
Iranian Christian Journalist Discusses Government Campaign to Target Protestants
The Farsi Christian News Network is an organization comprised of Iranian journalists disseminating information about Christians in Iran. (23 December 2011) As Christmas approaches this year, it ...
October 20, 2011
Days Before Release, Christian Pastor’s Prison Sentence Extended
On 18 October, Iranian judicial authorities in Iran extended the prison term for Pastor Behnam Irani by five years, invoking a suspended sentence from 2008. Irani is a member of an evangelical group called Church of Iran and the leader of a house-church in Karaj. A ...
September 14, 2011
Protestant Christians in Shiraz Sentenced to One Year in Prison
Last week an appeals court in the southern city of Shiraz upheld a one year prison sentence for Pastor Behrouz Sadegh-Khanjani of the Protestant Christian group, the Church of Iran, and five other church members, Parviz Khalaj, Amin Afshar Manesh, Mehdi Forutan, Mohammad Baliad, and ...
May 18, 2011
Protestants Acquitted of Political Charges, Recognized Under Iran’s Constitution
On 14 May 2011 the Revolutionary Court of the northern city of Bandar Anzali acquitted twelve Protestant Christians of the specific charge of “forming a society with the intent of disrupting national security.” ...