Covid-19 and the persecuted church
As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads around the globe, some of the countries from which Church in Chains reports regularly have been very badly hit.
Category: Iran
IRAN: Ebrahim Firouzi’s exile extended by eleven months
Ebrahim Firouzi has had his sentence of two years’ internal exile extended by eleven months because he took brief leave of absence to sort out family affairs.
IRAN: Mahrokh Kanbari given temporary release due to coronavirus outbreak
Mahrokh Kanbari has been given temporary release as part of the authorities’ efforts to combat the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Iran’s overcrowded prisons.
IRAN: Mary Mohammadi released on bail but hearing postponed
Christian activist Mary Mohammadi was released on bail on 26 February but her court hearing, scheduled for 2 March, has been postponed.
IRAN: Christian rights activist severely beaten in detention
Mary Mohammadi has been badly beaten and strip searched in detention and is now in the notorious Qarchak women’s prison.
IRAN: Christian activist arrested after being expelled from university
Christian rights activist Fatemeh Mohammadi was arrested on 12 January in Tehran and taken to an unknown location.
IRAN: Ebrahim Firouzi goes into internal exile
Two weeks after being released from prison, Ebrahim Firouzi set out on the long journey to the remote town where he is to spend two years in internal exile.
IRAN: Ebrahim Firouzi released from prison to internal exile
Ebrahim Firouzi was released from prison on 26 October and must now serve two years’ internal exile in a remote southeastern town.
IRAN: Nine Christian converts given five-year sentences
Nine Christians have been sentenced to five years each in prison for “acting against national security”.
IRAN: 65-year-old Christian woman imprisoned in Karaj
Christian convert Mahrokh Kanbari (65) has been summoned to prison to begin serving a one-year sentence for “propaganda against the system”.