Tag: President Hassan Rouhani
Christians continue to face persecution in Iran, says UN report
AMONG the religious minorities languishing in Iranian prisons is America citizen and Christian pastor Saeed Abedini, who has spent more than two years behind bars for allegedly proselytizing in Iran.
Christian on hunger strike in Iran jail
VAHID Hakkani is held in Abel-Abad prison in the southwestern Shiraz city, outside the capital Tehran, after being found guilty of "attending a house-church, spreading Christianity, having contact with foreign [Christian] ministries".
Iran parliament endorses President Rouhani’s diplomatic outreach
IRAN'S parliament, dominated by conservatives, strongly endorsed President Hassan Rouhani’s diplomatic bid to break down mistrust at the United Nations in New York last week, which ended with an historic phone call with President Barack Obama, Iranian media said.
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Do Jews consider Jesus now more than ever?
Kalisher – the son of a Holocaust survivor and born into one of the most prominent and influential Messianic Jewish families in all of Israel – gives a fascinating explanation of why many Jews don’t believe that Jesus is the Messiah but also why more Jews than ever do believe.
