2+ hour, 42+ min ago  (252+ words) The families and friends of Christians in prison in Iran request prayer as concerns for their well-being grow and communication has all but ceased. As our joint report[1] published in February mentions, there are at least 48 Christians in prison on…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (250+ words) Prayer is requested for Christian converts Nayereh Arjaneh and Qasem Esmaili from Garmsar in North Iran. Nayereh started serving two concurrent five-year sentences in Semnan Prison on 23 December. Her husband Qasem's prison sentence is on hold while he has cancer…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (315+ words) Please remember the following Christians in your prayers as they start serving prison sentences for supposed crimes related to their religious activities. Morteza Faghanpour-Saasi (38) reported to Evin Prison to start serving a nine-and-a-half-year sentence. He was among a group of…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (280+ words) Mina was arrested in June 2020 at a house-church meeting, along with Iranian-Armenian pastor Joseph Shahbazian, and several other Christian converts. They were later charged with "acting against national security through promoting Zionist Christianity" whether through leadership or membership of a…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (187+ words) Christian communities were favored and protected by the previous regime and now feel extremely insecure in light of this year's events, doubting that the government has their best interest in mind, and that it may" not be willing or able…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (264+ words) At noon on 8 July 2025, witnesses reported seeing vehicles belonging to police and Sudanese Armed Forces surrounding the Pentecostal Church in East Nile, Khartoum as civilians demolished the strutcure without any prior warning. The building, built in 1990, included a worship hall…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (154+ words) On Sunday evening, June 22, a suicide bomber struck the church of Mar Elias in Dweila, Damascus, killing many in attendance. During the holy mass in this Greek Orthodox church, an armed man entered, started shooting, then detonated an explosive device…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (203+ words) Two believers have gone into voluntary exile to escape harsh penalties in the aftermath of a raid by intelligence officers. Mehdi Rahimi (49) and Kia Nourinia (55) were tried in absentia in April and convicted under Article 500 of the Penal Code of…...