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Islamic Republic of Iran arrests 11 Christians in raid on house church

Aug 20, 2016 6:26 pm By Robert Spencer

Will the Islamophobia never end?

Iranian Christians

“Iran regime arrests 11 Christians in raid on house church,” NCRI, August 19, 2016 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

NCRI – Iran’s fundamentalist regime arrested a group of practicing Iranian Christians last week at an in-house church in the city of Isfahan, central Iran.

In total 11 Christians were arrested during the raid on their congregation last Friday, August 12. The raid was carried out by armed plain clothes intelligence agents, according to eye-witnesses.

Ten of those arrested have been identified as Amin Ahanin, Mohammad Alyasi, Fatemeh Amini, Edmund Khachaturian, Mohammad Malek Khatai, Mohsen Khoobyari, Arash Qodsi, Hamed Sepidkar, Samaneh Shahbazi-Far and Maryam Zonubi. An eleventh person arrested at the mass has not yet been identified.

They were taken away in vans by security agents armed with pistols and carrying walkie-talkies.

Books and other Christian literature were confiscated from the in-house church.

There is no information about the current status of the detainees.

The mullahs’ regime has stepped up its suppression of Iran’s minority Christian population.

The regime arrested a number of Iranian Christians on Christmas Day last year at an in-house church in the city of Shiraz, southern Iran.

The group of Iranian Christians had gathered together on December 25 to celebrate Christmas when plain-clothes agents of the Iranian regime’s notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) raided the in-house church.

Armed MOIS agents ransacked much of the place and confiscated personal items and satellite dishes, according to eye-witness reports, which also said that the agents behaved ‘offensively’ towards those detained….

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  1. Ciudadano says

    Aug 20, 2016 at 7:08 pm

    No need to worry, remember that Islam is the religion of peace.

    • Keys says

      Aug 20, 2016 at 8:54 pm

      Yes, and “there is no compulsion in religion” according to Islam. The sharia police must have taken them in for dialogue. No need to worry.

      • Ciudadano says

        Aug 20, 2016 at 9:36 pm

        Yep, just a little interfaith dialogue

      • le mouron rouge says

        Aug 20, 2016 at 9:48 pm

        Keys,

        It probably was arranged by Msgr. Stuart Swetland and Pope Francis.

        Just a small intimate Ecumenical gathering to welcome them as brothers and sisters in Christ/Mohammad.

        “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
        Albert Einstein

        • Bob says

          Aug 21, 2016 at 8:51 am

          But remember these arrests when muslims in civilised, – ie, western nations – get threaty when locals object to a new mosque near-by!

  2. boakai ngombu says

    Aug 20, 2016 at 7:08 pm

    the allah god of islam (unknowable; the best of all deceivers) can’t tolerate that another (Trinity: Father, Son, Holy Spirit) has true power to cause people to live by faith instead of by works, like those proscribed in SHARIA

    Triune God also instills joy and there cannot be any of that down at the mosque

    the mullahs presently stand and should they remain stubborn shall be condemned.

    Triune God knows the suffering of his own who trust him, just as these faithful now imprisoned, tortured, starved, raped, dehumanized. May these prisoners of brutes remain faithful and steadfast, at peace … forgiven.

    • Keys says

      Aug 20, 2016 at 8:56 pm

      Amen.

    • le mouron rouge says

      Aug 20, 2016 at 10:07 pm

      boakai ngombu,

      I agree with, Amen.

      Rom 8:39: neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

      • le mouron rouge says

        Aug 20, 2016 at 10:07 pm

        opps, I agree with keys

      • Myrtle Linder says

        Aug 21, 2016 at 10:24 am

        Amen to that!!!

  3. linnte says

    Aug 20, 2016 at 7:09 pm

    So horrifying. Islam is Big Brother and freedom dies with Islam.

  4. Ciudadano says

    Aug 20, 2016 at 7:17 pm

    This must be a mistake, everybody knows that Christians and muslims believe in the same god and Christians are tolerated and protected in Islamic countries.

    • Robin Martz says

      Aug 20, 2016 at 7:26 pm

      Are you really serious with that comment?? You have to be blind and dumb to not see how much of a lie that is!!

      • Ciudadano says

        Aug 20, 2016 at 11:13 pm

        No, I’m not serious. My comment was a sarcasm intended to mock people who really believe that.

        • Baucent says

          Aug 21, 2016 at 5:13 am

          Some people don’t get sarcasm and irony. Shame, it’s more fun when words have double meanings.

        • gravenimage says

          Aug 23, 2016 at 12:06 am

          I knew you were being sarcastic, Ciudadano.

    • RL Robison says

      Aug 22, 2016 at 1:30 pm

      Yah, I know you’re not serious. Muslims use our laws to force American communities to accept mosque construction, but Christian churches and Jewish synagogues cannot be built or repaired in countries like Turkey (our NATO ally, no less), Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, etc. The Islamic aim is to destroy us from within and, given the close Islamic ties held by Hillary and other American politicians, judges and academics, their tactic is working. We will be destroyed while Americans are blindly occupied by their video games, muscle cars, rap music, cell phone texting and other meaningless time consumers.

  5. Michael Poulin says

    Aug 20, 2016 at 7:23 pm

    Don’t worry, I am sure Obama has another 400 million stashed away to pay their ransom.

    • Robin Martz says

      Aug 20, 2016 at 7:30 pm

      VERY insensitive and horrible thing to say. That was stupid on so many levels. We don’t even know if these people are alive anymore or if they are alive but being tortured to death! They may be beheaded by now!

      • duh swami says

        Aug 21, 2016 at 5:39 am

        Sarcasm annoys you?

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 23, 2016 at 12:10 am

        This sarcasm was aimed at Obama, *not* at the Christian victims. I think it was entirely appropriate.

  6. cheryl s. says

    Aug 20, 2016 at 8:14 pm

    I guess the only people dumb enough to accept the Chrislam crap trap are naive Americans.

  7. Angemon says

    Aug 20, 2016 at 9:00 pm

    Not to worry – I’m certain that Putin and Russia, who “defend Christianity and the Truth with their blood“, are on the case, and that the “powerful, counter-punching, no-nonsense Christian army” that “Russia is ready to provide” is on its way to rescue them… No, wait, Putin is all BFF with the shia Iranian regime, all while wooing sunni Erdogan on the side and closing his eyes to the islamic insurgency on his backyard.

    • Bezelel says

      Aug 20, 2016 at 9:22 pm

      putin is politicking at high speed before obola is out. He’s not counting on hellery getting elected. If she (God forbid) wins in November putin will have the whole mideast in his pocket. Not that turkey is any prize for a partner. saudi could end up the big loser.

    • Jay Boo says

      Aug 20, 2016 at 9:37 pm

      Let’s not exaggerate.
      Putin is not really wooing Erdogan.

      Erdogan is wooing Putin
      Erdogan is such a tease.
      Turkey, AKA (“One of our Staunchest allies”) has softened its stance against Russia through necessity and Erdogan has agreed to be Putin’s personal man-bitch providing Putin is willing to wink back.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 23, 2016 at 12:12 am

      Sadly true, Angemon.

  8. Ciudadano says

    Aug 20, 2016 at 9:44 pm

    Meanwhile Muslims in western countries are suing because they cannot have special accommodations for praying 5 times a day during working hours. They wear their burkas to proudly show their religious affiliation meanwhile in Saudi Arabia they kill you for carrying a bible.

    How many times the words for reciprocity and gratitude appear in the coran?

  9. Unknown says

    Aug 20, 2016 at 10:43 pm

    May God help them and us! Pray for the world and even for those who arrested them, may Christ keep them strong in faith and wisdom.

    • duh swami says

      Aug 21, 2016 at 5:42 am

      “God’ didn’t protect them from getting arrested,,,why should he help them now?

  10. xavier says

    Aug 21, 2016 at 6:34 am

    Again what possible threat does the minuscule Christain minority pose to the mullahs? Aaaa yes Christians living according to the Gospels shame the mullahs who can’t demonstrate how Islam betters people’say lives

  11. Sayei says

    Aug 21, 2016 at 7:10 am

    Reading this and all manner of comments leaves me with one pharase… That the God of the bible is more than true and islam will actually do nothing apart from the physical injuries inflicted to our brothers. Islam whatever you want it described as, will try all means in vain to overthrow christianity which is not a religion as oppose to itself (Islam ). Christianity is a lifestlye.

  12. Charlie says

    Aug 21, 2016 at 9:02 am

    Why is the pope silent about this? As a leader of the church he should protect his followers. These political leaders who said Islam is a religion of peace where are they now?

    • Kumi Ho says

      Aug 21, 2016 at 5:01 pm

      2 things.
      1) they most likely aren’t Catholic.
      2) Francis believes the lies that Islam is a civilized religion .

  13. Walter Sieruk says

    Aug 21, 2016 at 1:19 pm

    Those eleven Christians who were arrested in Iran were arrested ,in part , because of the mullahs and the influence and power they have thin that demonic and spiteful Islamic regime. For all real Christians believe in the Bible. The reality is that the Bible contains teaching and doctrines that are so very damaging to Islamic dogma that the mullahs hate all Christians. To further explain, In Islamic countries, as Iran, Pakistan, the Muslim clerics encourage the people in the mosques to go out burn the Bible’s that belong to Christians .Furthermore, in Sunni Islamic nation of Saudi Arabia Bibles are even forbidden to be taken in the country. We all may be sure the Saudi imams have a hand in this policy Likewise, in the Shi’ite nation of Iran, Bibles are even forbidden to be taken into that country. We may all be sure that the Iranian mullahs have a hand in this policy. The reason why the Muslim clerics are so much against the people having Bibles to read is because there is so much in the Bible that is so very damaging to Islamic doctrine that the Muslim clerics sand strongly against the people obtaining Bible’s. For example, Islamic [Koranic] doctrine denies the Jesus is God. In other words Islam denies the Deity of Christ. Nevertheless, the Bible teaches “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form.” Colossians 2:9. [N.I.V.] Moreover, the Jesus is God may further be seen in the Bible. As in, for example, John 1:1-3. Colossians 1:15-17. Romans 9:5. Second Peter 1:1. Titus 2:13. First John 5:20. In addition, for a person to further find out that Jesus is God all a she or he has to do in to compare the Old Testament with New Testament to see that Jesus is God. As by comparing Isaiah 45:22, 23 with Philippians 2:5-11. Likewise by comparing Psalm 89:8,9 with Matthew 8:23-27. Will also confirm that Jesus is God. Also by comparing Psalm 62. 5-7.with First Corinthians 10:4. Just by comparing the New Testament books together will like show that Jesus is God .For example, comparing John 5:22. with Romans 14:12 shows the Deity of Christ. The list can go on but this should be enough for anyone who is willing to see, and not as those who Bible calls those who are willingly ignorant, II Peter 3:5., that Jesus is God. The imams and mullahs as well as the other apologists for Islam will try to “explain “ all this away by making the claim that the Bible had been corrupted by Christians, through time, and that’s why the Bible reads as it does. This claim they make very much underestimate the Power of God to preserve His Word and keep it safe and intact and away from the corruption of men. In conclusion, The Muslim clerics strongly dislike the Bile because the Bible greatly exposes the terrible doctrinal errors that Islam with the Koran as Islam’s foundation have concerning the nature of Jesus. Likewise the Bible exposes Islam as a false religion, Isaiah 8:20. Proverbs 14:12. All dear Muslims then are invited to turn away for the false religion of Islam and come to and receive the real Jesus of the Bible. Who is the True Light to the world, John 8:12. and the only way to God the Father , John 14:6.

  14. Crusades Were Right! says

    Aug 21, 2016 at 3:32 pm

    Want to establish a crime organisation disguised as a religion so that you and your associates can get away with theft, rape, murder, slavery, and many other crimes?
    Well, you’re 14 centuries too late!
    ; ¬)

  15. Kepha says

    Aug 21, 2016 at 8:32 pm

    It seems that the Holy Spirit has been busy in Iran. Somehow, the Iranian authorities never seem to run out of Christianizing mortad to persecute. A look at the names reveals only one, Edmund Khatchaturian, who was probably Christian by birth (likely ethnic Armenian). All the rest bear Muslim names, so they are likely apostates from Islam.

    I pray for the safety of these people and their quick restoration to liberty. I pray as well that more and more Iranian people come to know Jesus Christ. I pray further that the chief victim of the current furor Islamicus turn out to be the Islamic religion itself.

  16. gravenimage says

    Aug 23, 2016 at 12:02 am

    Islamic Republic of Iran arrests 11 Christians in raid on house church
    …………………….

    Aren’t you glad Obama opened up diplomatic relations with these fine fellows? sarc/off

  17. Richard says

    Aug 23, 2016 at 4:35 am

    Sounds like the Iran Govt is suffering from a serious case of Christianophobia.

    The difference between Islamophobia and Christianophobia is those suffering from Islamophobia get arrested, whereas those that suffer from Christianophobia do the arresting.

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