Son Jailed Pastor Nadarkhani Visits Father For Birthday
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- The young son of jailed Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has celebrated his birthday with his father in prison, Christians with close knowledge about the situation said Wednesday, April 4.
Detained Iranian Christians Denied Access To Lawyer
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Three leaders of Iran's largest evangelical house church movement faced an appeal hearing against their long prison terms, but they were denied access to their lawyer ahead of the trial, supporters said.
BosNewsLife Launches New Website And “Worthy” Partnership
By BosNewsLife News Center
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Central and Eastern Europe's first Christian news agency on the Internet, BosNewsLife, has launched a new website (bosnewslife.com) and a strategic partnership with Worthy Ministries, an organization specialized in Christian news "and spreading the Gospel around the world," its founder confirmed Friday, December 5.
NEWS WATCH: Clinton Questions Hungary’s Democratic Credentials
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has raised concerns with Hungary's government about legislative measures that critics claim limit press freedom and reduce powers of previously independent institutions. Clinton also expressed solidarity with pro-democracy activists in Egypt, where she says the U.S. will re-open talks with the controversial Muslim Brotherhood group.
BREAKING NEWS: Gunmen Kidnap Christian Female Doctor
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Gunmen have kidnapped a Christian doctor from her home near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul overnight in front of her four children, police said on Sunday, September 27.
Iran’s Christians Anxiously Await Outcome Election
By BosNewsLife Correspondents Eric Leijenaar and Stefan J. Bos
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Devoted Christians in Iran anxiously awaited the outcome of their country's presidential elections Friday, June 12, amid hopes a new leader would allow more religious freedom in this strict Islamic nation and end a police crackdown on Christian converts.
BREAKING NEWS: Jailed Iranian Pastor Nadarkhani Facing New Charges At Trial
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
TEHRAN/MOSCOW/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Iran has notified jailed Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who was sentenced to die for "apostasy", to prepare for fresh charges against him at a new trial in September, advocacy officials told BosNewsLife late Thursday, July 5.
BREAKING NEWS: Bomb Blast Rocks Beirut’s Christian Area; 8 Killed
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
BEIRUT, LEBANON (BosNewsLife)-- A car bomb rocked a Christian area of the Lebanese capital Beirut Friday, October 19, killing at least eight people, including a top Lebanese security official, and reviving memories of the long civil war that once ruined this city.
NEWS ALERT: Iran Christians Facing Execution, Network Reports
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.
Iran Security Forces Raid House Church Amid Crackdown
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iranian family members and friends were still searching Saturday, May 30, for several former Muslims who converted to Christianity, after Iranian security forces detained them during a raid at a house church.