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BREAKING NEWS: Eight Missing In Iran After House Church Raid
Bos News ^ | 8/15/15 | Stefan J. Bos

Posted on 08/15/2015 12:32:49 PM PDT by markomalley

At least eight people remained missing Saturday, August 15, after Iranian security forces raided a gathering of new Christian converts in the city of Karaj as part of a wider crackdown on house churches in Iran, well-informed Christians told BosNewsLife.

As many as 15 plain-clothes officers invaded the house church in Karaj, 50 kilometers (31 miles) west of Tehran, during an August 7 worship service.

Not all names of those detained during the service were immediately available or shared for security reasons but Mohabat News, an agency of Christians and activists, said believers Esmayeel Fallahi, Nematollah Yousefi, Shahin Bashiri, Mona Chardooli, Razmik and Haydeh were among those taken into custody.

Separately, security forces reportedly detained members of the Karaj underground church while raiding their homes. Plain-clothes officers, equipped with hand guns and radio communicators, “took away some of these Christian converts from their homes without ever producing any court or other legal orders of arrest and proceeded to search their homes,” Mohabat News said.

Christians said Esmayeel Falaahi, a 35-year-old married father with 2 children, was among those detained during the separate home searches in recent days. Police apparently seized his belongings including a computer, several Bibles and other Christian literature as well as several DVDs.

(Excerpt) Read more at bosnewslife.com ...


TOPICS: Current Events; Mainline Protestant
KEYWORDS: christianpersecution; iranchristians
Obama approves.
1 posted on 08/15/2015 12:32:49 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley
It's the kind of hope-n-change they were looking for. After all, the United States spent a year negotiating Such matters with Iran.

Unfortunately, an Islamic president of America and the Brotherhood negotiated the deal which was really a surrender under Taquiyya.

Sorry fellas. Eat yer peas. Back o'da bus. Don't get all wee-wee'd up.

Obama can't be resonsible for every overchristianized family in the region.

2 posted on 08/15/2015 12:52:14 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: markomalley

Pray for these Christians. Their fates will not be easy to bear.

May God judge our islamist enemies by His will, including our so-called President.


3 posted on 08/15/2015 1:03:12 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: markomalley

Iran plans to humiliate Obama. Only problem is Obama has no shame and is a complete narcissistic sociopath. Iran can get away with anything. Iran is going to attack every American interest in the world. The Mullahs know obama won’t stop them, and the rest of the world would enjoy watching America torn down.


4 posted on 08/15/2015 1:50:44 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: markomalley

They know that our president will not say anything against them. He is one of them.


5 posted on 08/15/2015 5:37:12 PM PDT by Shery (Pray for righteousness to be restored and for the peace of Jerusalem.)
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