{"id":4932,"date":"2024-03-21T07:07:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T07:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christian-arrests-increase\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T07:07:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T07:07:08","slug":"christian-arrests-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christian-arrests-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Arrests Increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Front-line workers in Iran report an increase in the number of Christians being arrested, partly due to regional tensions and conflicts. &ldquo;Persecution against Iranian Christians is rising,&rdquo; a front-line worker said. &ldquo;Every Christmas and Easter, officials usually arrest some Christians, but this year the number went way up, and we&rsquo;re concerned about what might occur around Easter.&rdquo; The worker mentioned that in the past, Iranian officials would occasionally arrest church leaders and later release them with a strong suggestion that the Christians leave the country. &ldquo;But now the officials are holding onto people&rsquo;s passports and regularly keeping them detained,&rdquo; the front-line worker said. &ldquo;Please pray that God will make believers invisible to Iranian authorities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/globalprayerguide\/iran\/\">Click here<\/a> to find out about Christian persecution in Iran and learn how to pray.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icommittopray.com\/request\/2644\/iranian-christians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post a prayer for Iranian Christians on iCommitToPray.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Front-line workers in Iran report an increase in the number of Christians being arrested, partly due to regional tensions and conflicts. &#8220;Persecution against Iranian Christians is rising,&#8221; a front-line worker said. &#8220;Every Christmas and Easter, officials usually arrest some Christians, but this year the number went way up, and we&#8217;re concerned about what might occur around Easter.&#8221; The worker mentioned that in the past, Iranian officials would occasionally arrest church leaders and later release them with a strong suggestion that the Christians leave the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-4932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-i-commit-to-pray","tag-iran","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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