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Iran’s Oldest Protestant Church Shut Down by Intelligence Ministry, Pastor Transferred to Evin Prison

On Sunday, May 26, a Tehran church of the Assemblies of God, one of the main Protestant churches in Iran, was abruptly shut down for “major repairs.” According to Christian activist Mansour Borji, church members faced closed doors and a repair sign when they appeared for the Sunday service. He said that after months of […]

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 […]

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