GLOBAL GUIDE LAUNCH: Over 200 million Christians at constant risk of persecution
The Global Guide was formally launched by Rev Trevor Sargent (Church of Ireland minister and former Green Party leader).
Category: Iran
IRAN: Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani released from prison
Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has been released as part of an amnesty marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution
IRAN: Saheb Fadaie unconditionally released
Saheb Fadaie has been released from Evin prison and has returned home to his wife and daughter in Rasht
IRAN: Wife of imprisoned pastor faces charges
The wife of a pastor serving a six-year prison sentence is facing her own charges of “propagating Christianity” and “propaganda against the state”
TURKEY: Iranian Christian asylum seekers endure terrible conditions in Turkish camps
Many Iranian Christian asylum-seekers in Turkey are being detained in terrible conditions in deportation camps
IRAN: Two Christians released from Evin prison
Naser Navard Gol-Tapeh was unexpectedly released from Evin prison on 17 October and Fariba Dalir was released on the following day.
2022 CONFERENCE: The growing, suffering church in Iran
Mansour Borji (Director of Article 18) described the current situation
IRAN: Joseph Shahbazian summoned to begin serving prison sentence
Iranian-Armenian pastor Joseph Shahbazian has begun serving his ten-year sentence in Evin prison
IRAN: Sara Ahmadi and Homayoun Zhaveh detained
Christian converts Sara Ahmadi and Homayoun Zhaveh have been detained in Tehran’s Evin prison
IRAN: Mohammadreza Omidi released from exile
Christian convert Mohammadreza Omidi has gone home after being released from exile