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Martyred & Imprisoned Christian Leaders in Iran

Remember those in prison, as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering. Hebrews 13:3, NIV

Martyred & Imprisoned Christian Leaders in Iran

2016 - September - Iranian Converts face flogging for taking communion
2016 - May 31 - Maryam Zargaran on hunger strike as Authorithies refuse to provide her medical care
2015 - December 19 - A number of house Church leaders and members in Isfahan are harassed and brought to Security and Information Office for questioning
2014 - November - Shiraz - Iranian house Church leader arrested, interrogated and his whereabouts unknown
2014 - March 21 - UN reports at least 49 Christians being held in Iranians jails as of January 2014"
2014 - March 5 - 8 Iranian Christians were rounded up during a social picnic, blind folded, interrogated by armed security agents
2013 - October 21 - Pastor Eddie Romero - Tonight, at about 10:30PM (9:00AM Tehran time) Pastor Eddie Romero approached the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran and made a declaration of protest on behalf of five Iranian prisoners: Farshid Fathi, Saeed Abedini, Mostafa Bordbar, Alireza Seyyedian, and Mohammed Ali Dadkhah. For more information go to: exodus8one.org
2013 - October 5 - Maryam Naghash-Zargaran - Maryam (aka Nasim) an Iranian Christian Prisoner in Evin Prison was Transferred to Hospital
2013 - April 11 - Pastor Saeed Abedini - Sentenced to 8 years in Prison in January 2013 - Send msg & sign Petition
2013 - January 6 - Maryam Zargaran - an Iranian Christian Arrested for the crime of National Security for following Jesus Christ
2012 - October 12 - Pastor Behnam irani and 7 members of Church of Shiraz arrested
2012 - September 8 - Iran: Pastor Nadarkhani Released, Acquitted Of Apostasy
2012 - February 22 - Iranian Authorities Order Death Warrant for Pastor Nadarkhani
2012 - February 22 - Christians in Isfahan face increasing pressure and arrests - 78 year old Giti Hakimpour arrested
2012 - January - The Governor General of Tehran Province, Morteza Tamadon, acknowledged in a statement on 4th January that a number of evangelical Christians had been arrested. He referred to their 'corrupting' influence and warned that further arrests are imminent.
2011 - December - Alireza Seyyedian - Alireza a Follower of Jesus since 2006, was arrested and sentenced to six years in December 2011. He is kept in the section 350 of Evin Prison where political prisoners are held.
2011 - December - 60+ Iranian Christians arrested on the eve of Christmas
2011 - List of Other Iranian Christians Imprisoned
2011 - September - Mehdi "Petros" Foroutan, a 27-year-old pastor in Iran, was arrested in January 2010 and charged with crimes against national security and blasphemy against Islam. (as of 2/24/2012 - 154 days in Prison)
2011 - May - Behnam Irani, a 41-year-old pastor from Kraj, Iran, was convicted of crimes against national security in January 2011 and sentenced to one year in prison. After voluntarily surrendering to authorities on May 31 to begin his sentence, he learned that he would be forced to serve five years in connection with a previous conviction.
2011 - Rev. Behrooz Khanjani trial hearing on 4/5/2001, He is married with a 6 yo child and has already spent over 8 months in prison
2011 - Rev. Leonard Keshishian, the pastor of the Assemblies of God Church in Isfahan has been arrested
2010 - December 26 - Farshid Fathi - was arrested on Dec. 26, 2010 in a wave of arrests of believers in Tehran and other areas. He was sentenced to six years of imprisonment on March 5, 2012. Farshid's appeal against the charges was rejected in June 2012. He is due to serve the rest of his sentence in Evin Prison.
2010 - Over 70 Iranian Christians were arrested during Christmas Holidays. The Governor of Tehran has vowed to arrest more evangelical Christians.
2010 - Pastor Behrouz Sadegh-Khandjani - Gilan, Iran - arrested & imprisioned for the crime of Apostasy
2010 - October - a young believer has died in Iran after he had been severely beaten by a relative who objected to his strong faith in Christ. He leaves behind a wife and two young children. (Reported by Elam)
2010 - September 23, Nine followers of Jesus were detained in Hamedan, the capital of Hamadan province, on charges of evangelism, which potentially carries the death penalty under strict laws in Iran.
- According to a report by FCNN (Farsi Christian News Network), 4 followers of Jesus Christ from Hamadan were arrested on September 4, 2010. Three of them were released on April 30, 2011, after 8 months in prison (Arezoo Teymouri & her husband Arash Karmanjai and Sonia Keshish Ovanesian). Vahid Abrahemian is still under arrest as of April 30, 2011.
2010 - July 24 at 9:00 p.m., 27-year-old Neshan Saeedi was spending a quiet evening at home with his wife and young daughter when plain-clothes security forces entered his house and arrested him. The security officers searched the home and seized personal belongings such as a computer, CDs containing films of Christian seminars and teachings, Christian books and Bibles, and family photo albums. As of September 09, 2010 - there is no information about the condition of Neshan.
2010 - July 18, 15 Christians detained in Mashhad,Iran's second largest city, remain detained and are "under pressure pressure to recant their faith but are refusing to do so." - (Reported by The Voice of the Martyrs)
2010 - April 29, Ali Golchin (29), has been held in solitary confinement in Tehran's Evin prison since he was arrested in his home town of Varamin on April 29. After weeks of appealing to the authorities, Ali's father was finally allowed access to him on June 17 -- though they were allowed only 10 minutes together. Ali was released on bail on July 25.
2009 - December 7, Home Church Leaders Davood Irani & Wife arrested in Shiraz
2009 - Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh - Arrested for passing out Bibles and talking about Jesus in Tehran
2009 - October, Pastor Behrouz Sadegh-Khandjani - Held in prison in Shiraz, Iran - has been given limited contact with his family and his attorney.
2008 - on September 11, 2008 "Iran Parliament Approves Death Penalty for Apostasy Bill"
2008 - Sakineh Rahnama), August 3, wife of Abbas Amiri, died from injuries sustained when secret police raided a house church service hosted at their house and severly beat her.
2008 - Abbas Amiri), August 1, House Church Isfahan, died from injuries sustained when secret police raided a house church service hosted at their house and severly beat him.
2007 - On April 18 2007 three members of Malatya Church in Turkey were murdered; Pastor Necati Aydin, Tilmann Geske & Ugur Yuksel. The first martyrs of the modern Turkish Church.
2007 - In June, a number of Iranian Christians have been arrested and are held in unknown places, including Mr. fard from Tehran.
2007 - Mohammad Ali Jafarzadeh, May 2007, Executed (hanged) in Evin Prison
2007 - Mohammad Jaberi, May 2007, Executed (hanged) in Evin Prison
2007 - Mr. Patrick, an Iranian Christian and a member of Church of Kermanshah was arrested in May.
2007 - Several Iranian Christians from Church of Mashhad were arrested in February.
2006 - 14 Iranian Christians from Church of Rasht were arrested in December.
2006 - Iranian secret police began to raid and arrest leaders of the Islamic republic's indigenous "Jesus Only" movement Sunday December 10, arriving unannounced in the early morning hours to search their homes in Tehran, Karaj, Rasht and Bandar-i Anzali.
2005 - Pastor Ghorbandordi Tourani - Iranian House Church Leader murdered near his house in Gonbad-e Kavous, November 22
2004 - Pastor Hamid Pourmand - arrested ... sentenced to 3 years in prison ... charged with apostasy ... acquitted of apostasy ...
2004 - 80 Iranian Christians Arrested, September 2004
2004 - Pastor Khosroo Yusefi and his family arrested by Iranian Police on Sunday May 23, 2004
2003 - International Religious Freedom Report on Iran
1996 - Rev. Bagher Yusefi, Murdered Sept. 28 1996, Assembly of God Church of Amirkola, Mazanderan
1994 - Rev. Tateos Mikaelian, June 29 1994, Presbyterian Church of Tehran
1994 - Rev. Mehdi Dibaj, Hanged from a tree June 1994, Assembly of God Church of Tehran
1994 - Bishop Haik Hovsepian, Mudered January 1994, Assembly of God Church of Tehran
1990 - Rev. Hossein Soodmand, Executed December 1990, Assembly of God Church of Mashhad
1988 - Rev. Manuchehr Afghani, Presbyterian Church of Tehran
1980 - Bahram Deghani-Tafti, Murdered May 1980, Church of Isfahan, Son of an Anglican Bishop Hassan Dehqani-Tafti
1979 - Rev. Arastoo Sayyah - Murdered February 1979 - Angelican Church of Shiraz

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Remember the Persecuted Christians Worldwide - The Voice of the Martyrs
Christian Persecution Info
Islamic Reoublic of Iran: Repression of Ethnic and Religous Minorities
Symposium: The Muslim Persecution Christians

"Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection... they were stoned; they were sawn in two; they were put to death by the sword... the world was not worthy of them." -- Hebrews 11: 37-38.

"I have always envied those Christians who were martyred for Christ Jesus our Lord. What a privilege to live for our Lord and to die for Him as well. I am filled to overflowing with joy; I am not only satisfied to be in prison. . .but am ready to give my life for the sake of Jesus Christ." - Mehdi Dibaj

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