Iran: Judge pressured to deliver hasty verdict

Iran: Judge pressured to deliver hasty verdict

Iranian Christians request prayer for Christian converts Ayoub Poor-Rezazade, Morteza Mashhoodkari and Ahmad Sarparast, who are awaiting a verdict after being charged for “deviant propaganda” under Article 500 of the Penal Code. Ayoub, Morteza and Ahmad were initially...
Iran: Christian converts face new charges

Iran: Christian converts face new charges

Friends of Babak Hosseinzadeh and Behnam Akhlaghi request prayer after they were summoned by a prosecutor in Tehran to face charges of “propaganda against the state.” Babak and Behnam were among nine Christian converts from Rasht arrested early in 2019 and charged...
Iran: Christians released early from prison

Iran: Christians released early from prison

Iranian Christians are thankful that Sasan Khosravi and Habib Heydari have been released early from Bushehr Central Prison. Habib and Sasan were arrested with others (mainly family members) in Bushehr in south Iran on 1 July 2019. In June 2020, seven of those arrested...
Iran: Released pastor rearrested on old charges

Iran: Released pastor rearrested on old charges

Iranian Christians request prayer for pastor Abdolreza (Matthias) Haghnejad and his family after he was rearrested to serve a sentence that had been overturned in 2014. Matthias was released from Anzali Prison near Rasht on 30 December after the Iranian Supreme Court...
Iran: Christian convert granted Christmas leave

Iran: Christian convert granted Christmas leave

Iranian Christians are surprised that a convert has been allowed leave from prison for Christmas/New Year in accordance with an announcement from the head of the judiciary that Christian prisoners would be granted 10 days’ leave. On 26 December, the head of...