Iran Detains Dozen Christians In Major City

Saturday, March 17, 2012 (3:42 pm)

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service

Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his authorities have been accussed of crackdown on Christians.

TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- At least a dozen devoted Christians from Iran's third largest city remained in jail Saturday, March 17,  as part of an attempt by authorities to discourage Muslims and Christian converts to attend church services, Iranian Christians said.

Mohabat News, a news agency of Iranian Christians and activists, said security forces began a new crackdown last month in Isfahan, 340 kilometers (211 miles) south of the capital Tehran.

Pastor's Death Sentence Highlights Christians' Plight

By Gary Lane

CBN News International Correspondent

Thirty-two years ago this month Americans were taken hostage when Iranian militants seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

From: Vlad Tepes, Christian converts jailed, and sentenced to execution in Iran

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Vlad Tepes "Objects in history may be closer than they appear" - Eeyore for Vlad

Christian converts jailed, and sentenced to execution in Iran Sep 15th 2011, 02:40 From HRA News: H/T Shab Five Christians Sentenced to Prison Translated by Laleh Gillani © 2011 Last week, five Iranian Christians were sentenced to a total of 5 years in prison despite the fact that they were exonerated of all charges by a lower court. They were retried because the prosecutor had objected to the initial verdicts.