Pastor and wife flee Iran
A pastor and his wife have fled Iran after the final appeal against a 15-year combined prison sentence failed. They are reported to be in a safe location.
Barnabas Fund
Pastor Victor Bet-Tamraz was sentenced in July 2017 to ten years in prison for ‘acting against national security’ by organising and conducting house church services. Shamiram Issavi received a sentence of five years in January 2018, for ‘acting against national security’ by organising small groups, attending a seminary abroad and training church leaders and pastors to act as ‘spies’.
