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Aleppo is facing a ‘bombardment’ of poverty
Publication Date: 18/8/2022
Source: The Catholic Leader
ALEPPO, besieged and destroyed in Syria’s war, is calm now, but 11 years of war and the accompanying economic sanctions have left the city impoverished.
“We don’t have any direct violence, armed groups or bombardments on or around the city since the end of 2017,” Chaldean Catholic Bishop Antoine Audo of Aleppo told the Catholic News Service during a visit to Lebanon. “Now the problem is the bombardment of poverty.”
Iranian Court Denies Retrial Requests for Christian Converts
Publication Date: 8/9/2022
Source: International Christian Concern
The Iranian Supreme Court has denied the retrial and release requests for Iranian Armenian Anooshavan Avedian, Christian convert Abbas Souri, and Christian convert Fariba Dalir. Courts rejected Avedian and Souri’s retrial requests without comment and did not review previous defense submissions.
Persecuted at Home, Iran's Christian Converts Finding Europe's Doors Closed
Author: Abigail R. Esman
Publication Date: 15/9/2022
Source: Investigative Project on Terrorism
It was Hassan's brother-in-law who inspired him. "He said....there is a treasure, there is a living God, Jesus Christ, and we are his children, and not his slaves," Hassan told the European Court of Human Rights last month. "He said there is a free salvation."
Iran update on Christians summoned to serve sentences
Publication Date: 5/9/2022
Source: Middle East Concern
On 30 August MEC requested prayer for Iranian Christians ordered to present themselves at Evin Prison for their sentences to be carried out. Since then, Iranian-Armenian pastor Joseph Shahbazian has started serving his 10-year prison sentence and Christian convert Malihe Nazari is in the temporary quarantine section of Evin Prison, sentenced to six years’ imprisonment. Another Christian convert, Mina Khajavi, has been granted a temporary reprieve while she recovers from a broken leg.
Christians are being jailed in Iran
Author: Steve Dew-Jones
Publication Date: 8/9/2022
Source: The Critic
Iran has long been known as a silencer of dissenting voices, but even by its standards the jailing in mid-August of a 63-year-old man with advanced Parkinson’s disease, and his wife, came as a surprise.
European Court of Human Rights Denies Asylum for Iranian Christian Convert
Publication Date: 12/8/2022
Source: Decision Magazine
The European Court of Human Rights has denied an Iranian Christian convert’s application for asylum in Germany.
Hassan*, a 44-year-old cabinetmaker, applied for asylum in 2018. He testified before the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees that he had learned about Christianity in Iran through his wife’s brother.
Scores arrested as Iran further cracks down on Christians
Publication Date: 13/9/2022
Source: Asia News
Some 25 people have been convicted this year, compared to 15 for the whole of last. Likewise, 58 people have been arrested in the first half of 2022, against 72 for the whole of 2021. Iranian authorities uses spurious charges to silence minorities, and arrest people on national security and espionage charges. Muslim converts and Farsi speakers are particularly targeted. For Muslims, joining another religion is strictly prohibited.
Syrian Christians reopen Armenian church in HTS-dominated Idlib province for first time since 2011
Publication Date: 30/08/2022
Source: The New Arab
Syrian Christians have celebrated a mass at a church in the village of Yacoubia for the first time since 2011, under the protection of the hardline Islamist group HTS
Texas media outreach shares 'vision of transforming Iran into a Christian nation'
Author: Ian M. Giatti
Publication Date: 31/8/2022
Source: The Christian Post
A Persian-language TV broadcaster from Los Angeles has partnered with a Texas-based ministry to reach Iran with the Gospel.
Iran Alive Ministries (IAM) has officially partnered with Channel One/Kanal Yek TV, landing a primetime slot for the broadcaster's Gospel-centric programming.
Church Restored in Iraq to Help Christians Who Want to Stay
Publication Date: 7/10/2022
Source: FSSPX News
It is a beautiful day in Baghdeda, and families are flocking to the Church of St. Behnam and St. Sarah. The interior of the church is immaculate and the pews are crowded with faithful who have come to attend the Syro-Catholic liturgy.
The surrounding tranquility makes it hard to imagine that just eight years ago Baghdeda was fully occupied by Islamic State terrorists who destroyed the precious and ancient Christian heritage, and burned and emptied St. Behnam’s.
