Introducing MEC
Iran: Three converts detained
Friends of detained Christian converts Jahangir Alikhani, Hamed Malamiri and Gholam Eshagh, recently re-arrested by agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), request prayer. The three were among 20 Christians initially arrested in Nowshahr and Chalus in...
Iran: Iranian-Armenian pastor acquitted and released from prison
On 24 September, Branch 21 of the Appeal Court of Tehran acquitted pastor Anooshavan Avedian (62) of the charge of “propaganda contrary to and disturbing to the holy religion of Islam,” and ordered his release from prison. He was serving a 10-year prison sentence...
Türkiye: Bursa church ordered to evacuate
In July 2024, the Regional Directorate of Foundations ordered the evacuation of the "French Church" in Bursa before 24 August, claiming that the historical building is structurally unsafe as the groundwater level is very high and a reinforcement project must be...