Iran

An Iranian Christian convert was reportedly lashed 80 times for drinking communion wine in 2016.

A Christian pastor received 80 lashes for drinking Communion wine in Iran. Alcohol is forbidden only for Muslims in Iran, but since Iranian law does not recognize Omidi’s conversion from Islam to Christianity, he was sentenced to the lashes in September 2016.

A couple in Iran has been ordered to surrender their adopted child to the state because of thier Christian faith.

According to a new survey, it is believed that around 1 million Iranians have joined the Christian church despite rampant persecution.

Despite being under an oppressive government that forbids conversions from Islam to Christianity, thousands are giving their lives to Christ in what has been coined the "pandemic of hope."

It appears that newly passed legislation in Iran may make it easier for Christians and other religious minorities to be arrested and imprisoned.

On Monday, the Iranian government issued a warrant for President Trump's arrest. The government also requested help from Interpol in order to execute the warrant.

While some Christians have been released from Iranian prisons amid the COVID-19 crisis, other Christians as still facing convictions because of their faith.

An Iranian Christian has received a suspended prison sentence and has been ordered to be flogged 10 times for protesting the government’s downing of Ukrainian Airline Flight 752.

When a convert from Islam in Iran was sentenced to two years in exile in Sarbaz last year, the judge warned him that religious extremists in the remote desert town would treat him harshly.

When Ebrahim Firoozi arrived in November to southwest Iran near the border with Pakistan, though, he discovered the fear the judge had tried to instill in him was unfounded – local Muslims were helpful, open and hospitable, the Christian said in a recent online interview.