Iran

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iran's feared secret police "assaulted" the wife and children of jailed evangelical Pastor Behnam Irani after they raided their home, a family supporter told BosNewsLife late Sunday, December 15

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- A frail Iranian pastor has been sentenced to 3.5 years imprisonment for "anti-government activities" and "promoting ideas contrary to the sanctity of the Islamic Republic of Iran," trial observers confirmed Thursday, December 12.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- A devoted Iranian Christian has been transferred to a ward of Tehran's notorious Evin prison to serve a three-year sentence for evangelism and related charges, Iranian Christians told BosNewsLife Saturday, December 7. Rasoul Abdollahi, who converted to Christianity, was reportedly accused of "collusion against the government and evangelism" following a crackdown by security forces on Christian groups.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- There is mounting concern about the fate of a Christian man who is jailed in Iran on charges of evangelism. Hossein Saketi Aramsari, also known as Stephen among his friends, has been detained since July 23, including in the city of Karaj, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of Tehran, Iranian Christians said.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- An Iranian Christian inmate is suffering of serious health problems due to mistreatment in prison, Christians said Saturday, November 16.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Six Christians remained behind bar s in Iran's southwestern city of Shiraz Friday, November 8, after an appeals court upheld their sentences totalling 20 years of imprisonment for illegal Christian activities, trial observers said.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- A young Iranian man who was sentenced to ten years imprisonment after converting from Islam to Christianity has been released from jail, Iranian Christians and activists told BosNewsLife Monday, November 4.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Two evangelical Christians were recovering of their injuries Friday, November 1, after they received 80 painful lashes for taking wine during a communion service, Christians and rights activists confirmed.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Three members of Iran's main evangelical house church movement faced painful whips for drinking wine at the Lord's Supper as early as Saturday, October 19, while two other evangelicals were discovered in a Tehran prison, nearly two months after they disappeared, activists and local Christians told BosNewsLife.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Rights activists said late Friday, October 4, they were "extremely concerned" about what they called "a serious deterioration in the health" of a 35-year-old Iranian Christian woman who is serving a four year sentence in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison.