NEWS ALERT: Iran Court Postpones ‘Execution Trial’ Of Evangelical Christians

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- An Iranian court has told arrested evangelical Christians who may face execution on charges of apostasy that they "should be punished", but that their trial "has been postpone for April," a senior church official said Thursday, February 17.

NEWS ALERT: Iran To Prosecute House Church Evangelicals For Apostasy

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iranian authorities have decided to prosecute a group of evangelical Christians on charges of "apostasy", or abandoning Islam, which could carry the death penalty in the strict Islamic nation, a representative of a large house church movement told BosNewsLife Thursday, February 10.

Iran Christians Concerned About Detained Pastor

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By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- There were concerns Sunday, February 6, about a house church pastor in Iran who was among a group of Christians detained on Christmas Eve, Iranian Christians said.

Netherlands Freezing Ties With Iran Over Woman’s Execution

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
AMSTERDAM/BUDAPEST/TEHRAN (BosNewsLife)-- The Netherlands says it has frozen official contacts with Iran to protest the hanging of a Dutch-Iranian woman and will ask the European Union to take action against the country.

Iran Christian Freed After Posting Bail

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, Iran (BosNewsLife)-- An Iranian Christian has been temporarily freed from prison after posting a $15,000 bail, BosNewsLife learned Wednesday, January 19.

Iran Christians Urge Prayers Amid New Wave Of Arrests

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iranian Christians requested prayers Sunday, January 16, amid a new wave of arrests of Christian converts, many of them former Muslims.

Over 70 Christians Detained In Iran Christmas Raid, group says

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Up to 70 Christians have been detained in Iran as part of a government crackdown on evangelical believers, BosNewsLife established Saturday, January 8. Most of those behind bare are thought to be former Muslims.

Detained Iranian Christians Preparing For Christmas Behind Bars

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Several Christians in Iran prepared Wednesday, December 22, to spend Christmas behind bars, including at least two Iranian pastors who face the death penalty on charges of 'apostasy', or abandoning Islam.

NEWS ALERT: Europe Urged To Halt Death Sentence Of Iranian Pastor

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent, BosNewsLife BRUSSELS/TEHRAN (BosNewsLife) -– A Christian member of the European Parliament urged the European Union's executive body, the European Commission, on Wednesday, December 1, to prevent the death sentence of Iranian house church leader Yousef Nadarkhani.

URGENT BREAKING NEWS: Iran Court: ‘Pastor To Be Executed By Hanging’ (BosNewsLife Exclusive)

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- A detained pastor of a major network of Christian house churches in Iran will be executed by hanging for "apostasy", or abandoning Islam, according to translated court documents seen by BosNewsLife Wednesday, November 24.