Iran's government has ordered one of the country's largest Protestant churches to halt Friday services, while a pastor remains detained for protesting plans to "impose the reading of the Koran" on Christian children, Worthy News monitored Monday, November 9.
...continue reading this storyTwo young women who converted from Islam to Christianity may face execution or at least life imprisonment after an Iranian court officially charged them with "apostasy" and "propagation of the Christian faith", trial observers and Iranian Christians confirmed Thursday, October 8.
...continue reading this storyA group of ex-Muslims who converted to Christianity were preparing Wednesday, September 16, for an upcoming court hearing in Iran on suspicion of “apostasy”, after they were temporarily released on bail from one of the country's most notorious prisons, BosNewsLife learned.
...continue reading this storyWomen dressed in white have gathered outside the Iranian embassy in London as part of a prayer vigil to highlight the plight of two female Christian converts from Islam who have been held at Evin Prison in Teheran "without charge"for the last six months, organizers said.
...continue reading this storyIran has detained dozens of Christians in the last two weeks, including former Muslims, and at least eight of them remain imprisoned, a well-informed advocacy group told Worthy News and its partner agency BosNewsLife Wednesday, August 12.
...continue reading this storyTwo young Iranian women who may face the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity have told a court that they will not abandon their faith in Christ, despite harsh treatment in one of Iran's most notorious prisons, Christian trial observers confirmed to Worthy News Monday, August 10.
...continue reading this storyAs the world focuses on the political turmoil in Iran, two detained Christian women are "in danger of being forgotten" amid concerns they may face execution, Iranian Christians said Tuesday, July 7.
...continue reading this storyIranian family members and friends were still searching Saturday, May 29, for several former Muslims who converted to Christianity, after Iranian security forces detained them during a raid at a house church.
...continue reading this storyA Britain-based Christian rights group has urged Iran's government to relaese two female Christian converts who remained detained Tuesday, May 12, a day after an American-Iranian reporter was freed amid international pressure.
...continue reading this storyAn Armenian Christian and a former Muslim who were among possibly dozens of Christians detained in Iran since last month were free Monday, February 9, after authorities unexpectedly released them, a well-informed source told Worthy News.
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