Iran: Convert brothers detained by Iranian intelligence
On 11 December 2023 Christian converts Alireza and Amir Nourmohammadi were arrested along with Milad Goodarzi in Karaj by officers of the Iranian intelligence department. Milad was released after several hours but told to expect a further summons for questioning....
Israel: Mob attack in Armenian Quarter
On 28 December a mob of 30 masked men armed with pepper spray and various weapons entered the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem's Old City and tried to remove barricades to allow access for bulldozers. When Armenian Christian inhabitants resisted, the mob attacked them....
Iran: Update on detained Christian convert
After being detained for several hours, Milad Goodarzi has been allowed to return home. Milad's home in Karaj was raided on 11 December by four members of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence who confiscated his laptop and mobile phone and took him away for...
Iran: Christian convert detained after raid on home
Iranian Christians request prayer for Milad Goodarzi whose home in Karaj was raided on 11 December by four members of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence. Milad was arrested and has been taken to an unknown destination. Milad had been released from Karaj Central...
Algeria: Church leader loses appeal
An appeal court has sentenced Pastor Youssef Ourahmane, the vice president of the EPA, to one year in prison and a fine of 100.000 DZD (approx US$ 725). Algerian Christians request continued prayer for him and the church. Pastor Ourahmane is a senior pastor overseeing...
Algeria: Church leader convicted
Algerian Christians request prayer for Reverend Youssef Ourahmane, vice president of the EPA, who has been convicted in absentia to two years imprisonment and fined 100.000 DZD (approx US$ 725). The EPA (Èglise Protestante d’ Algérie), is an association of more than...
Iran: Ethnic Armenian Iranian citizen released
Iranian Christians are delighted with the release of Joseph Shahbazian (59), an Iranian of Armenian descent. Joseph was arrested on 30 June 2020 when the Revolutionary Guard Corps raided a Christian meeting in a home in Tehran. He was charged with “acting against...
Iran: Former prisoner pardoned
Iranian Christians are pleased that a two-year term of internal exile, which was part of sentences issued in 2017, has been dropped for Christian convert Zaman (Saheb) Fadaei. Saheb was arrested along with pastor Yousef Nadarkhani and three other Christian converts in...
Israel: Extremist attitudes and actions threaten Christian communities
Members of the Christian community request prayer in response to growing concerns about opposition from ultra-nationalist elements in Israel. Two weeks ago Israeli president Herzog acknowledged attacks against Christians are on the rise in Israel. Referring to these...
Algeria: Convert released from prison
Algerian Christians rejoice in the release of Hamid Soudad, a believer from a Muslim background, previously convicted of blasphemy, who received a presidential pardon on 5 July. Married with four children (ages 8, 6, 5 and 3 years-old), 45-year-old Hamid has been a...
Iran: Two pastors from the “Church of Iran” face new charges
Friends of Yousef Nadarkhani and Abdolreza (Matthias) Haghnejad request prayer after they were informed they were required to go to court on unspecified security charges. Two members of the same religious movement made a complaint about them to the Iranian...
Iran: Prison sentence reduced on appeal
Iranian Christians are encouraged that the Tehran Court of Appeal has reduced the 10-year prison sentence against Armenian Iranian Joseph Shahbazian for "acting against national security through promoting Zionist Christianity" to two years’ imprisonment, but regret...