BREAKING NEWS: Iran Security Forces Raid Christmas Celebrations; Pastor, Wife Detained (BosNewsLife Exclusive)
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with BosNewsLife Middle East Service
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- A senior evangelical pastor and his wife are spending Christmas behind bars in southern Iran after security forces raided their Assemblies of God-affiliated church, detaining everyone in the building, including children attending Sunday School, a friend of the couple told BosNewsLife.

Iran Pastor, Church Members Sentenced To 10 Years Imprisonment
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- An Iranian pastor who was nearly executed for abandoning Islam and three other believers have received 10 years imprisonment each for “acting against national security” as part of a government crackdown on Christian converts in Iran, their supporters told BosNewsLife.

BREAKING NEWS: Iran Adjourns Christians’ Blasphemy Trial Over Lack Of Evidence
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- An Iranian court has given prosecutors a week to prove that five Christians of a large evangelical house church denomination are guilty of blasphemy, which carries the death penalty in Iran, a senior church official told BosNewsLife Wednesday, April 6.

BREAKING NEWS: Iran Clock Ticking Towards Pastor’s Execution; US, Britain Concerned
>Execution is imminent, fear church sources
>U.S., Britain urge Iran to spare pastor's life
>Pastor seen accepting fate
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BREAKING NEWS: Iran Detains “Jesus” Actor And Two Other Artists
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
TEHRAN
, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Activists and Christians are concerned over the whereabouts of three detained Christian artists, including an actor who played the role of Jesus in an Iranian language film on the life of Jesus Christ. Shahram Ghaedi, who starred in the Iranian "Jesus" film, and artists Heshmat Shafiei and Emad Haqi were reportedly detained September 27 in the city of Fooladshahr, in Isfahan province.

BREAKING: Syria Christians, Aid Workers Ask Prayers After Deadly Chemical Attack
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian aid workers and local believers in Syria have urged prayers and assistance after President Bashar Assad's forces were accused of launching a chemical weapons attack killing at least 70 people and injuring many more.

Europe Condemns Crackdown On Coptic Christians In Egypt, Syria
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
CAIRO/BRUSSELS (BosNewsLife)-- The European Parliament (EP) has condemned violence against Coptic Christians in Egypt, after at least 25 were killed and more than 300 wounded by security forces in Cairo during a peaceful protest earlier this month, a key legislator told BosNewsLife Friday, October 28.

Several Detained In Iran Crackdown On House Church Movement, Christianity

Bethlehem Has Christmas Amid Coronavirus Crisis
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent
BETHLEHEM (BosNewsLife) – Church leaders and local authorities say they are preparing Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, the Biblical...
BREAKING NEWS: Iran Launching Massive Arrests Of Evangelicals
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Massive arrests of evangelical Protestant Christians, including many former Muslims, are reported in Iran, with men and women being dragged to prisons across the Islamic nation.
