Jul 26, 2016
Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, sentenced to death for apostasy and later acquitted in 2012, has now been charged with “acting against national security”. On 24th July Yousef Nadarkhani was summoned to the 13th Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Rasht. He was formerly...
Jul 25, 2016
Christian prisoner Maryam Naghash Zargaran has been denied unconditional release by an Iranian court at the request of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS). Maryam, who was granted medical furlough for a range of health issues in June 2016, returned to Evin...
Jul 18, 2016
It is reported that there were two cases of church buildings being targeted on the night of 15th July during the attempted military coup in Turkey. In Trabzon on the Black Sea coast a group of about ten people attacked the Catholic church of Santa Maria. They used...
Jul 18, 2016
Relatives and friends request prayer for three Azeri Christians and an Iranian Christian who were arrested on 24th June and remain in detention in Tehran. On Friday 24th June security agents raided an engagement party in Tehran attended by Eldar Gurbanov, Yusif...
Jul 15, 2016
Ebrahim Firouzi, a Christian prisoner in Rajai Shahr Prison in Iran, has suffered physical abuse at the hands of prison guards when he was forced to attend an appeal hearing. On 21st August 2013 Ebrahim was arrested with two friends during a raid by plain-clothed...
