by Steve Dew-Jones | 19 Jul 2013 | News
The Revolutionary Court in Shiraz on Tuesday 16 July handed heavy jail sentences to eight members of the “Church of Iran”. Mohammad (Vahid) Roghangir was sentenced to six years in prison; Massoud Rezaei to five; Mehdi Ameruni and Bigan Farokhpour Haghighi to three;...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 13 Jul 2013 | News
Ebrahim Firouzi, a Christian convert and prisoner of conscience, has been sentenced to one year in prison followed by two years in exile in the far-southeastern city of Sarbaz, in Sistan and Baluchestan province. Ebrahim was arrested on 7 March, and released on bail...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 3 Jul 2013 | News
Pastor Robert Asseriyan, a leader of the Central Assemblies of God Church in Tehran, was released from Evin Prison yesterday. Pastor Asseriyan was arrested on Tuesday, 21 May when security forces stormed his home and then the church service he was leading. He was then...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 11 Jun 2013 | News
Left to right: Homayoun Shekoohi, Mojtaba Hosseini, Vahid Hakani, and Mohammad Reza Partovi. Branch 3 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Shiraz has sentenced four Christian converts to three years and eight months each in prison, a verdict communicated to their...
by Steve Dew-Jones | 23 May 2013 | News
A sign was posted on the door of the Central Assemblies of God Church in Tehran, telling church members it had been closed for “major repairs”. Pastor Edward Hovsepian, who oversees a collection of Iranian out-of-country churches called the Council of...
