Iran: A second Christian convert not required to complete sentence

Iran: A second Christian convert not required to complete sentence

Iranian Christians are thankful that another Christian convert, Amin Khaki, has been informed by prison authorities that he is released. Amin was arrested with four other Christian converts when security agents raided their homes in Rasht in December 2017. At a court...
Iran: Christian convert unconditionally released from prison

Iran: Christian convert unconditionally released from prison

Iranian Christians are thankful that Rokhsareh (Mahrokh) Ghanbari has been informed by prison authorities that she is released from her prison sentence. Mahrokh was convicted of “propaganda against the system” after a hearing at Karaj Revolutionary Court on 27 July...
Iraq: Missing aid workers released

Iraq: Missing aid workers released

Christians in Iraq and France rejoice in the release of four aid workers, missing for more than two months. The employees of SOS Chretiens d’Orient (SOS Christians of the Middle East), three French nationals and one Iraqi, were in Baghdad doing administrative...
Iran: Term of exile increased for Christian convert

Iran: Term of exile increased for Christian convert

Iranian Christians request prayer for Christian convert Ebrahim Firouzi who has had his period of exile extended by eleven months. In November 2019, after completing a five-year prison sentence on charges of “acting against national security,” Ebrahim started serving...
Iran: second prison sentence for Iranian convert

Iran: second prison sentence for Iranian convert

Family and friends  request prayer after Christian convert Ismaeil Maghrebinejad was given a second prison sentence – two years’ for “membership of a group hostile to the regime,” in addition to an existing three years’ sentence for “insulting Islamic sacred...