Tag: Iranian Christians

IRANIAN Christian Mostafa Bordbar was released from prison on November 3, following a successful appeal against the 10-year prison sentence he received on July 31 2013.

ATTIEH Fard, a lawyer specializing in human rights, urged President Hassan Rouhani to make good on his promises to the United Nations in New York by releasing the 42 Christians known to be in jail and the 45 awaiting trial.

AN Iranian convert from Islam to Christianity has been sentenced to a decade in prison for proselytizing, the Christian news network Agenzia Fides reports. The man, Mohammed-Hadi “Mostafa” Bordbar, was officially charged with “crimes against state security.”

ALTHOUGH women's participation rate in Iranian society is highly limited due to traditional Islamic beliefs, there are also women who grasp every opportunity to take social, financial and political roles in an endeavor to revive their fundamental rights.

AN Iranian Assemblies of God (AG) pastor, his wife and two church workers have been returned to jail after their one-year sentences for converting to Christianity and "propagation against the Islamic regime through evangelism" were upheld by a high court on May 1.

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AMERICAN pastor Saeed Abedini is reportedly being tortured in an Iranian prison as an appeal against his 8-year sentence is being filed. "When I heard...

IT was a bad Christmas for Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, the Church of Iran pastor who, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide, has been returned to jail on an earlier charge.

FOUR Christians were sentenced to a year in jail, the trial of another five began, and state-sponsored media confirmed the arrest of 40 house-church members: one day in the life of the Iranian Church.

IRANIAN Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who was originally sentenced to death in his native country for his Christian faith, was acquitted of apostasy charges and released from custody.