Iranian Christians Assaulted and DisappearedDecember 17, 2018 — 12/17/2018 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Earlier this month, Iranian media announced a widespread detainment of Christians across the country. ICC reported how over 100 Christians were detained by the Iranian intelligence...
Iranian Christian Prisoner Denied Right to See Dying MotherDecember 5, 2018 — 12/05/2018 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Ebrahim Firouzi is an Iranian Christian convert who has been detained in prison since 2013. His mother, Kobra Kamrani, passed away from cancer this week and...
Group of Christians Arrested in IranDecember 4, 2018 — 12/04/2018 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Mehr News Agency, which is a semi-official mouthpiece of the Iranian Regime, announced in an exclusive report on Saturday that a group of evangelical Christians have...
Iranian Intelligence Intercepts ChristiansNovember 19, 2018 — 11/19/2018 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Middle East Concern reports that last week two Iranian Christian converts from Karaj, which is just northwest of Tehran, were prevented from meeting by Iranian intelligence...
Persecution and Grace Fill Iran’s StreetsNovember 14, 2018 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Claire Evans" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1542213174046{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="99672" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 11/14/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The massive waves of unrest which have plagued Iran this past year...
Iranian Clerics Single Out Evangelical ChristianityNovember 12, 2018 — 11/12/2018 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Mohabat News reports, that inside Iran, fresh media attacks singling out evangelical Christianity have been on the rise. This latest wave is because of the Iranian...
Remembering the Suffering Church on International Day of Prayer for the PersecutedNovember 4, 2018 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By William Stark" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1541183636102{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="99999" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 11/04/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Every year, on the first Sunday in November, the Church comes together...
Iranians Renew Request for PrayerNovember 4, 2018 — 11/04/2018 Iran (International Christian Concern) – This past year, Iran has been defined by a deteriorating social, economic, and political situation. Believers, many of whom come from a Muslim background, are increasingly...
Iranians Celebrate Country’s Pre-Islamic HistoryOctober 31, 2018 — 10/31/2018 Iran (International Christian Concern) – This week, Iranians illegally gathered to celebrate what is unofficially known as Cyrus Day. The ancient Persian King Cyrus is historically recognized as having issued the...
Iranian Authorities Deny Imprisoned Christian Medical CareOctober 24, 2018 — 10/24/2018 Iran (International Christian Concern) – According to Mohabat News and the Iran Human Rights Monitor, authorities have continued to deny imprisoned Christian Ebrahim Firouzi medical care. For months, he has suffered...
Prison Sentencing for Iranian Christians DoubledOctober 6, 2018 — 10/06/2018 Iran (International Christian Concern) – This year has increasingly proven challenging for Iranian Christians, who are facing a significant wave of judicial pressure. Many point to this as the Iranian regime...
Iran’s Judges Further Criminalize ChristianityOctober 4, 2018 — Two Believers Sentenced for Affirming Basic Christian Doctrines 10/04/18 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on September 22, 2018, Iran’s judiciary affirmed the...
Government Control Slipping in Iran as the People Thirst for Freedom: Part 2October 4, 2018 — If you missed it, check out Part 1 first. 10/04/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Pastor Rasoul Heydari, who leads a Persian ministry called Everlasting Hope, wants Christianity to grow...
Government Control Slipping in Iran as the People Thirst for Freedom: Part 1October 3, 2018 — 10/03/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - This year, a hopeful thirst for freedom has defined Iran. Protests, which started in late December of 2017, continued throughout the spring and...
Conditional Release Sought by Iranian Christian PrisonerSeptember 27, 2018 — 09/27/2018 Iran (International Christian Concern) – Sevada Aghasar, an Iranian Christian imprisoned based on a conviction of violating national security and illegal house church activities, has requested conditional release from Evin Prison....
Iran Restricts Attorney Access for PrisonersSeptember 25, 2018 — 09/25/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Earlier this year, Iran’s judiciary decided to force defendants held on political charges to pick their lawyer from a pre-approved list. Meanwhile, human rights attorneys...
