Release International Prayer Shields, Iran

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Believers from Iran who have resettled in Turkey and joined refugee churches are experiencing increasing pressure from the Turkish authorities. Pray that God will protect and provide for them.

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Pray that online church gatherings, such as Persian Community Church, will bring important connections and fellowship for believers in Iran.

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Pray for online and satellite broadcaster SAT-7, a Release International partner providing encouragement and support for believers inside Iran and across the Middle East.

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Pray for Joseph Shahbazian in Iran, who recently began serving a ten-year sentence in Evin Prison for leading a house church.

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In Iran, Homayoun Zhaveh and his wife Sara Ahmadi were detained in Evin Prison in August, to serve two and eight-year sentences respectively. Pray for their release: Homayoun suffers from advanced Parkinson’s disease.

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Pray for Fariba Dalir, a Christian in Iran with a Muslim background, who was pardoned and released from Evin Prison in October. In 2021, she was sentenced to five years in prison, later reduced to two years.

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Thank God that Naser Navard Gol-Tapeh was recently pardoned and released from prison in Iran. He had been sentenced to ten years in jail for his house church activities in 2017.

Prayers For Our Persecuted Family. Sometimes it can be difficult to know what to pray for our persecuted family so we produce a daily prayer shield which gives a specific need that you can pray for each day. You can see today’s prayer, plus those for the last 6 days, below. You can also sign up using the form above to receive our Email Prayer Alert which we send out whenever we become aware of a specific and immediate situation which requires urgent prayer.

Children’s Prayer Sheet It’s not only adults who can pray for our persecuted family. Every month we produce a prayer sheet aimed specifically for children. Each sheet has specific activities and prayers which will help children learn more about how persecution affects children in other countries. You can visit our Children’s Prayer Sheet page here.