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  • Iran moves American Christian into solitary confinement over prayer protest

    04/30/2013 5:47:40 AM PDT · by Obadiah · 7 replies
    Fox News ^ | 4/30/2013 | Lisa Daftari
    The American pastor jailed in Iran for his faith has been placed in solitary confinement and may now be suffering organ failure, according to family members in Iran who are increasingly alarmed at his deteriorating health. Saeed Abedini, the 32-year-old Christian and American citizen who is serving an eight-year prison term in Iran, was put in solitary confinement following a “peaceful, silent protest” in an outside courtyard at Iran’s notoriously brutal Evin prison, according to family members. Conditions at the prison prompted Abedini and other prisoners to sign a petition decrying the lack of medical care and the threats and...
  • IRAN: IMPRISONED CHRISTIAN WOMEN IN PERIL - A Call to Pray for Iran

    04/26/2009 1:36:13 AM PDT · by Cindy · 8 replies · 660+ views
    ASSIST NEWS SERVICE ^ | April 22, 2009 | Elizabeth Kendal
    Note: The following text is a quote: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Iran: Imprisoned Christian women in peril - a call to pray for Iran By Elizabeth Kendal Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin (RLPB) 001 Special to ASSIST News Service AUSTRALIA (ANS) -- Maryam Rostampour (27) and Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad (30) share an apartment and are active members of Iran's Christian community. On 5 March one of the women attended a summons at the Ministry of Intelligence. Officers then took her back to her apartment, arrested both women and confiscated their computers, books, Bibles and other personal items. According to International Christian...