Iran

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Stefan J. Bos with BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- The wife of a prominent evangelical pastor in Iran was free Monday, October 18, after four months of detention, but her husband still faced the death penalty for abandoning Islam, the Church of Iran said.

By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Senior International Correspondent MASHHAD/JERUSALEM (BosNewsLife)-- Three Christians are being threatened with the death penalty if they do not renounce their Christian faith and revert back to Islam, a well-informed Christian network reported Monday, September 13.

By Joseph C. DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent/BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- A house church in the Iranian city of Ahvaz expressed concerns Sunday, September 5, about the whereabouts of one of its members, who they said has not been heard from since his arrest nearly six weeks ago.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- A well-known Iranian pastor faces execution after two judges agreed to make him "liable to capital punishment," as part of a crackdown on the growing Protestant church movement in the Islamic nation, BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, July 13.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iran's security forces detained eight members of a nationwide Protestant church movement in Tehran Friday, June 18, as part of a government crackdown on the growing number of Christians in the strict Islamic nation, a Christian leader told BosNewsLife.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Amid international pressure, Iran has acquitted "on all charges" two young women who were detained fourteen months ago "for their Christian faith and activities" and abandoning Islam, Iranian church officials confirmed Sunday, May 23.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iran's government has launched a massive crackdown on devoted Christians, including church leaders, as part of efforts to halt the growing Christian church in the Islamic nation, Iranian Christians and rights activists said Friday, April 23.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- An Iranian pastor jailed for 54 days on charges of "converting Muslims" to Christianity, spent Easter in freedom this weekend after he was temporary released on bail along with several other believers, Iranian Christians and rights investigators said.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- The detained Assyrian pastor of an evangelical church in Iran has been tortured and told he may be executed for converting Muslims to Christianity and related charges, his wife and Christians with close knowledge about his situation said.