Crackdown on Christians in Iran continues with reports of beatings
World Watch Monitor At least seven Iranian Christian converts have been arrested in Iran in the last two weeks, including two sisters who allegedly have been beaten. Shima Zanganeh, 27, and her sister, Shokoufeh, 30, were arrested by Intelligence Service officials in their homes in Ahvaz, capital of Iran’s western Khuzestan province, on 2nd December, reports Mohabat […]
Christian convert ‘arrested, beaten and told to renounce faith’ in Iran
World Watch Monitor An Iranian convert to Christianity has been arrested in the western city of Dezful, the fourth such convert arrested in the city in recent weeks. Abdol-Ali Pourmand was arrested on Saturday after a raid on his home two days before, during which materials including Bibles and Christian CDs were confiscated. His arrest […]