After 14 Months, Iranian Court Acquits Christians
Fourteen months after they were arrested for their Christian faith and activities, Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirizadeh have been acquitted of all charges by the Iranian judicial authorities. However, they were warned that any future Christian activity in Iran will be seriously dealt with. Today, Saturday May 22, 2010, they left Iran and arrived safely in another country. Sam and Lin Yeghnazar, founders of Elam Ministries and spiritual parents to Maryam and Marzieh, met them at the airport. It was a tearful reunion. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iran, Islam, Persecution
Two Christian converts from Islam to face trial April 13
By Michael Ireland, Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service TEHRAN, IRAN (ANS) — Two Christian converts from Islam, who were originally charged with anti-government activities and held in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison for more than six months, will go on trial, Tuesday, April 13. The Jubilee Campaign (www.jubileecampaign.org ) says Maryam and Marzieh were conditionally released in November after 259 days in Iran’s Evin Prison for their Christian faith. Jubilee Campaign’s Ann Buwalda says they have been receiving medical treatment for the past five months, but both remain unwell, weak and suffer from various illnesses. Despite their frailties, they are determined to be faithful to the Lord and speak the truth in court whatever the consequence or personal cost. Buwalda asks that for the next few days leading up to their court hearing, prayers … Read entire article »
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Iranian Pastor Tortured, Threatened for ‘Converting Muslims’
By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries ISFAHAN, IRAN (ANS) – Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that an Assyrian pastor the Iranian government had accused of “converting Muslims” is being tortured in prison and threatened with execution, sources close to the case said. The CDN story said that State Security agents on Feb. 2 arrested the Rev. Wilson Issavi, 65, shortly after he finished a house meeting at a friend’s home in Isfahan, 208 miles (335 kilometers) south of Tehran. … Read entire article »
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Christian Women Pressured to recant Faith in Christ
By Michael Ireland, Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service TEHRAN, IRAN ANS — In a dramatic session before the revolutionary court in Tehran Sunday Aug.9, two Iranian Christian women on trial for ‘apostasy’ were pressured to recant their faith in Jesus Christ. Elam Ministries says that although great pressure was put on them, both women declared that they would not deny their faith. Elam Ministries reports that Maryam and Marzieh were originally arrested on March 5, 2009 and have suffered greatly while in prison, suffering ill health, solitary confinement and interrogations for many hours while blindfolded. … Read entire article »
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Five Christian Converts from Islam Arrested by Iranian Security Officers
By Michael Ireland, Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service WASHINGTON, DC – Iranian security forces on May 21 raided an underground house church and arrested five Christian converts from Islam in the city of Karaji, Iran. According to International Christian Concern (ICC), citing the Farsi Christian News Network (FCNN), plainclothes security officers handcuffed and took the five Christians to an unknown location. The officers also confiscated several Bibles. Mr. Javad Abtahi, the leader of the church, is among the detained Christians. … Read entire article »
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