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Category: Iran

IRAN: Youcef Nadarkhani given five-day temporary release

Posted on 14Apr202228th April 2022Categories Iran
IRAN: Youcef Nadarkhani given five-day temporary release

The reason for the short furlough is not known

IRAN: Three Christian converts receive five-year prison sentences

Posted on 13Apr202226th April 2022Categories Iran
IRAN: Three Christian converts receive five-year prison sentences

Three Christian converts have received five-year prison sentences for their house-church activities

IRAN: Nine Christian converts acquitted

Posted on 08Mar202222nd March 2022Categories Iran
IRAN: Nine Christian converts acquitted

Nine Christian converts have been acquitted of “acting against national security” and “promoting Zionist Christianity” at a court of appeal

IRAN: Christian converts forced to take Islamic “re-education” classes

Posted on 09Feb202217th February 2022Categories Iran
IRAN: Christian converts forced to take Islamic “re-education” classes

A group of Christian converts from Dezful in western Iran is to be forced to undertake “re-education” classes in the Islamic faith

IRAN: Two Christian converts released early from prison

Posted on 25Jan20225th February 2022Categories Iran
IRAN: Two Christian converts released early from prison

Habib Heydari (40) and Sasan Khosravi (36) were released early from Bushehr Central Prison in southwest Iran.

IRAN: Pastor Matthias Haghnejad back in prison

Posted on 19Jan20228th March 2022Categories Iran
IRAN: Pastor Matthias Haghnejad back in prison

He was returned to Anzali prison – just two weeks after he had been released

IRAN: Mahrokh Kanbari summoned to face new charge

Posted on 11Jan202219th January 2022Categories Iran
IRAN: Mahrokh Kanbari summoned to face new charge

Christian convert Mahrokh Kanbari has been summoned to face a new charge of “propaganda against the regime”

IRAN: Nine converts released pending review

Posted on 06Jan202213th January 2022Categories Iran
IRAN: Nine converts released pending review

Nine converts serving five-year prison sentences have been released pending a review

IRAN: Supreme Court rules house church membership not criminal offence

Posted on 09Dec202122nd December 2021Categories Iran
IRAN: Supreme Court rules house church membership not criminal offence

In a decision that could have significant implications for Christian prisoners in Iran, the Supreme Court has ruled that belonging to a house church is not a criminal offence

IRAN: Five Christians summoned to prison

Posted on 10Nov202124th November 2021Categories Iran
IRAN: Five Christians summoned to prison

Five Christian converts have been summoned to prison to begin or resume serving sentences handed down because of their house-church activities

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