Apr 23, 2024
Friends of Shabeddin (Shahab) Shahi request prayer for a second hearing at 6th Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Karaj to face charges of propaganda against the Islamic regime. Shahab was notified on 11 March that he faced charges and had five days to appear at...
Mar 12, 2024
Iranian-Armenian pastor Anooshavan Avedian (61) is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence in Evin Prison, Tehran. He was arrested along with two Christian converts when around 30 intelligence agents raided a private Christian gathering in Narmak, North Tehran on...
Mar 5, 2024
Pastor Youssef Ourahmane, vice-president of the EPA, and the church in Algeria request prayer for his scheduled 26 March 2024 appeal of his prison sentence and fine. On 27 November, 2023, Pastor Youssef was sentenced to one year in prison and fined for 100.000 DZD...
Feb 19, 2024
Middle East Concern, in collaboration with Open Doors International, Article 18 and CSW has released the 2024 annual report on violations of the rights of Christians in Iran. In 2023, Iranians’ fundamental freedoms continued to be curtailed by state authorities. This...
Jan 29, 2024
Church leaders request prayer after the killing of Tuncer Cihan by two extremists at Santa Maria Catholic Church in Büyükdere, Istanbul. On Sunday 28 January at around 11:40 a.m., two masked gunmen entered Santa Maria church during mass At first firing shots into the...
