Iran

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani learns early next week whether he will be executed for refusing to recant his faith in Jesus Christ and return to Islam, as the court needs more time to consult with the country's leadership, trial observers told BosNewsLife Thursday, October 6.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christians were urged Saturday, September 24, to "fast and pray" for an Iranian pastor as an Iranian court was to "re-examine" within hours whether he should be hanged for converting from Islam to Christianity.  

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- A frail Iranian pastor has been offered "conditional release" from prison, but he faces an uncertain future in Iran, BosNewsLife learned.

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 with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been asked to decide whether an evangelical pastor should be executed for apostasy, or abandoning Islam, sources close to the case said Monday, October 10.

By BosNewsLife News Center TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Britain-based Christian rights group has urged Iran's government to release two female Christian converts who remained detained Tuesday, May 12, a day after an American-Iranian reporter was freed from jail amid international pressure.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Iranian Christians are concerned about Maryam Naghash Zargaran after she was reportedly denied urgent medical treatment and fellow believer Ebrahim Firouzi who was told by an Iranian court that his five-year sentence has been upheld. The two Christians both converted from Islam, a move that can be punishable by prison and even death under Iranian law.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Seven Christians from Iran's largest evangelical house church movement were detained while attending a prayer service in a home late Friday, October 12, religious rights activists told BosNewsLife.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Two of the seven Christians from the evangelical Church of Iran movement who were jailed following last month's raid on a house church have been released after being forced to post bail of tens of thousands of dollars, a church official confirmed late Friday, November 2.