Iran

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.

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.

An Assyrian Christian was released from an Iranian prison along with 85,000 other prisoners in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

An Iranian student group of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened to bomb what many believe to be the tomb of Queen Esther and Mordechai.

As tensions rise between the U.S. and Iran, please pray for our troops stationed in and the Christians and innocent civilians living in the country.

The death of Iran's Qassem Soleimani was met by mixed emotions in America with opinions split across the political isle.

After the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani by the United States, Iran has struck back by firing missiles at Iraqi military bases housing Americans.