Release International Prayer Shields, Somaliland and Iran

Somaliland

Pray for a Christian couple who were deported from Somaliland to Somalia for converting from Islam and engaging in ‘evangelism’. Pray for them as they resettle in a safer third nation.

Somaliland

Pray for Mohamed, Hamdi and others in Somaliland who were charged with apostasy, offences against the state religion (Islam) and inciting others to disobey laws relating to public order. They were detained in January.

Somaliland

Pray for strength, wisdom and courage for believers in Somaliland who have been shaken by a number of high-profile trials involving Christians with a Muslim background.

Iran

Please pray for the many other Christians currently serving time in Iranian prisons because of their faith in Jesus.

Iran

Reza Zaeemi is serving a nine-month sentence in the same prison in Iran as Hamed (yesterday’s prayer) for ‘promoting evangelical Christianity’. Pray that God will be his strength and guide in prison.

Iran

Thank God for the witness of Hamed Ashouri who is serving a ten-month prison sentence in Karaj, Iran for ‘propaganda against the regime’. ‘I’m thankful for the persecution and thank God that Jesus Christ counted me worthy to choose me as his child,’ he says.

Iran

Pray for Homayoun Zhaveh and his wife, Sara Admadi, who have been sentenced to two and eight years in prison respectively for their house church activities in Iran. Homayoun is said to suffer from advanced Parkinson’s Disease: Sara is his carer.