Iran’s revolutionary court imposed harsh prison sentences last week on 18 Christian converts for charges including evangelism, propaganda against the regime, and creating house churches to practice their faith, according to sources with knowledge of the Islamic Republic’s secretive judicial system. The sentences totaled just shy of 24 years, according to a Persian-language report […]
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Increasing attempts to stop growth of Christianity in Iran
Mohabat News, an independent Iranian Christian website, says the regime’s attempts to stop the growth of Christianity in the country have reached new heights. More and more converts are being arrested and churches are under pressure to reduce their congregations. St. Peter’s Church in Tehran reports that many Iranians who have converted to Christianity […]
U.S. Concerned Over Religious Persecution In Iran
Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who has been in jail since October 2009 July 07, 2011 The United States has expressed dismay over reports an Iranian may face the death penalty over his religious beliefs
Iran ‘annuls death term’ for Christian pastor
Christian Armenian Iranian women select a Christmas tree in Tehran in 2001. Iran’s supreme court has overturned a death sentence handed down to Yusef Nadarkhani, a Christian pastor accused of apostasy for having converted from Islam, his lawyer told AFP on Sunday.