Iran frees jailed Christians over coronavirus fears
Tehran, IranBosNewsLife Several Christian converts spent Easter in freedom after Iranian authorities released them amid concerns that the new coronavirus COVID-19 could spread in overcrowded jails, Christian sources have confirmed. Most of these released were prosecuted after refusing to return to Islam and continuing Christian activities, according to Christians familiar with the cases. One of […]
Iran continues to arrest Christians on eve of 40th anniversary of revolution
World Watch Monitor Iran’s security officials have arrested three Christians who were leading a house church in the absence of their pastor who is serving a ten-year jail sentence, reports Article 18. In the latest raid on a non-Trinitarian “Church of Iran” on Sunday, 10th February, in the northern city of Rasht, officers of the Ministry of […]
Iranian officials interrogate 65-year-old Christian woman for 10 days – report
World Watch Monitor Iranian authorities continue to arrest Christians, among them a 65-year-old woman who was held in detention and interrogated for ten days, day and night. Security officials raided Ruhsari Kamberi’s home in Karaj, 50 kilometres west of the capital Tehran, a few days before Christmas while she was there with four other female […]
Harsh sentences for Christians in Iran show fear of Christianity’s growth, says human rights expert
The rash of harsh sentences handed down to Christians in Iran in recent weeks shows the authorities’ fear at the growth of Christianity, according to a Christian human rights activist. World Watch Monitor quotes Mansour Borji, of Christian human-rights advocacy Article 18, saying that the recent sentences “could be interpreted as a sign that they want to […]
Church retreat centre in Iran confiscated for ‘being funded by CIA’
World Watch Monitor The Iranian government has assumed control of a church-owned retreat centre, accusing the church of being funded by the US government and the CIA. The government said the retreat centre in Karaj, a city just west of Tehran, belonged to an organisation “funded by the US through the CIA spy agency to […]