Iran Bans Zumba and Other “Body-Shaking Instruction”
Post Views: 1,019 With tensions in Middle East roiling, the government of Iran took a strong step this month to address a matter of deep geopolitical importance: It effectively banned Zumba. …
Evangelism, Iranian Style
Post Views: 652 Amid persecution and a travel ban, Iran’s youth want community and transformation from within. When I first met Hormoz Shariat in 2016, I expected the president and …
Iranian Christians fear miscarriage of justice in court hearing
Post Views: 1,667 Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has learned that, during a June 14, 2017 court hearing for four members of the Church of Iran denomination in Rasht, Iran, a judge …
Update on court hearing for Iranian Christians
Post Views: 3,947 Iranian Christians request prayer for Pastor Victor Bet Tamraz, Amin Afshar Naderi and Hadi Asgari, Middle East Concern reports. On the morning of Sunday, June 11, 2017, there was a second …
Iranian Actress Who Turned to Christ Faces Deportation From Sweden Back to Iran Where She Faces a Possible Death Sentence
Post Views: 6,276 An actress who left Iran, her home country, after turning her back on Islam and embracing Jesus thought she had found her ideal refuge in Sweden, a …
Christian Convert Faces Death-Sentence Deportation from Sweden to Iran
Post Views: 7,231 An Iranian actress who left Islam for Christianity has twice been denied asylum in Sweden and could be sent back to Iran where the penalty for conversion …
Online Pastor Convinces Drug Addict in Iran to Read Bible, Leading Him to Jesus
Post Views: 498 The pastor of an online church in Iran was able to lead a young Muslim drug addict and his mother to Jesus, and it all started with …
Iran Christians Behind Bars This Easter Amid New Concern
Post Views: 610 TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)– Iranian Christians have expressed concern about detained Christians who spent Easter behind bars amid including two Christian converts who were tried on charge of …
Pastor Saeed Abedini’s Divorce Finalised Amid Adultery, Conspiracy Allegations
Post Views: 562 Just over a year after his celebrated release from prison in Iran, persecuted Pastor Saeed Abedini’s marriage to his wife, Naghmeh, came to a bitter end last …
Persecution of Iranian Christians worsened in 2016
Post Views: 402 Iran where Iranian Christian prisoners are detained Iranian Christians report that the persecution that they endure worsened in 2016, Christian charity Barnabas Aid says. In 2016, there …