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Former Assyrian Church Leader and Two Christian Converts Arrested

  Iranian security agents arrested an Assyrian pastor and two Christian converts who were his guests at his Tehran residence on December 26, 2014, according to Mansour Borji, Spokesperson for the Alliance of Iranian Churches. Borji told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the full reasons for the arrest of Pastor Victor […]

Behnam Irani: The Price My Family and I Are Paying for Deprivation

  The Reverend Behnam Irani was imprisoned in Karaj central penitentiary in 2006 because he was conducting prayer services and ministering to his Christian parishioners. He was imprisoned several months for this before being released on bail. In February 22, 2007, Behnam was given a 5 years suspended sentence after being accused of “acting against […]

Accused of Waging “Soft War,” Christian Pastor Beaten in Iran’s Evin Prison

  Christian pastor Saeed Abedini was conducting a routine visit to the non-profit orphanage his family helped to start in Rasht when Iranian security forces arrested him and seized his passport in July 2012. Five months later, Iranian courts convicted him of “undermining national security,” accusing him and other Christian converts of waging a “soft […]

“Banditry and Extortion” Replace “Apostasy” Charges for Christian Pastor!

    Youcef Nadarkhani, a Christian pastor accused of apostasy will be put on a new trial on August 27. Nadarkhani, who refused to repent from being a Christian in earlier judicial proceedings and faces a death sentence, is now facing the new charges of “banditry and extortion.”

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