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NEWS ALERT: Tortured Iran Pastor Facing Execution, Christians say

March 9, 2010

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service

226TEHRAN, 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.

NEWS ALERT: Christians Anxious As 30 Die In Iraq Election Violence

March 7, 2010

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife

iraq-christiansBAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Minority Christians in Iraq anxiously awaited the outcome of a parliamentary vote testing the country's still fragile democracy Sunday, March 7, as suspected Islamic militants killed up to 30 people in the capital Baghdad and other areas of the troubled nation.

Iran Detains Christian Couple

March 1, 2010

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service

iran-flagTEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iranian Christians on Monday, March 1, were searching a Christian couple after they were detained by Iranian security forces for apparently leading an unauthorized house church, BosNewsLife learned.
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service

TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iranian Christians on Monday, March 1, were searching a Christian couple after they were detained by Iranian security forces for apparently leading an unauthorized house church, BosNewsLife learned.

Iran Government Closes Evangelical Church; Nine Detained

February 26, 2010

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service

*Jun 16 - 00:05*TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- An evangelical pastor and eight other Christians were behind bars in Iran Friday, February 26, after authorities closed their church as part of a new government crackdown on devoted Christians in the Islamic nation, rights investigators said

NEWS ALERT: More Christians Killed In Iraq

February 25, 2010

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service

IraqichristianZiaTomagunneddownatbusstoponhiswaytouniversityinMosulBAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Iraq were mourning Thursday, February 25, members of two christian families who were killed in the northern city of Mosul.

NEWS ALERT: Up To 6 Christians Killed In Iraq

February 18, 2010

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service

Iraq2BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Up to six Christians have been killed in a new wave of anti-Christian violence rocking the northern city of Mosul and nearby areas, an advocacy group said.

Massive New Year and Christmas Attacks In Arab World, Africa, Asia

January 13, 2010

By BosNewsLife Center with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos iraq_cristiani_1_(400_x_280)BAGHDAD/CAIRO/BEIJING (BosNewsLife)-- Rights investigators said Wednesday, January 13, there has been "a surge ofattacks" against Christians since December, with deaths, detentions and destruction reported in the Arab world, Africa and Asia.

BREAKING NEWS: Suspects Coptic Killings Surrender To Police; 7 Killed (Update)

January 8, 2010
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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service

ap_egypt_coptic_christians_prayers_07jan10_480CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Three suspects in a drive-by shooting in front of a church that killed six Coptic Christians and a Muslim policeman in southern Egypt surrendered to police, but Christian organizations urged authorities to do more to end "inter-faith tensions."

Iran Places Christian Mother Under House Arrest

January 7, 2010

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service

iStock_000004128026XSmallTEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- An Iranian court forced a Christian convert with a Muslim background to sign a confession that she is "mentally unstable" and placed her under three months of house arrest in the city of Mashhad, 850 kilometers (530 miles) east of the capital Tehran, trial observers said.

North Korea, Iran World’s “Top Persecutors” Of Christians, Report Says

January 6, 2010

By BosNewsLife News Center with BosNewsLife's Senior Special Correspondent Johan Th. Bos reporting from the Netherlands

korea_north_kimjongilAMSTERDAM/WASHINGTON D.C. (BosNewsLife)-- One of the world's largest mission agencies, Open Doors, named North Korea and Iran Wednesday, November 6, as "the worst persecutors of Christians".