Iran
Shamiram Isavi Khabizeh, the wife of Pastor Victor Bet Tamraz (yesterday’s Prayer Shield), is appealing against a five-year sentence after being convicted of acting against national security in Iran. Pray she will know God’s comfort.
Iran
Hadi Asgari was released from Evin Prison in Tehran after posting bail. Continue to pray for the success of an appeal by Hadi, and those of his co-defendants, Amin Nader Afshari and Pastor Victor Bet Tamraz who remain imprisoned in Iran.
Iran
Pray that Iranian Christians will remain bold in sharing their faith and will draw many to know Christ as their friend and Saviour.
Iran
Commentators say that sentences for Iranian Christians have become increasingly harsh in the past year. Ask God to strengthen the faith of His people in Iran as persecution intensifies.
Egypt
Please pray against a growing trend of grooming and forced conversion of Egyptian Christian women and girls, believed to be funded by religious leaders with cash from Saudi Arabia.
Egypt
In Egypt, violence in Beni Suef (yesterday’s Prayer Shield) followed attacks on a building used for Christian worship for a decade, as well as Christians’ homes and shops, in April. The attacks came after police told local Christians they now needed a permit to pray there.
2 Egypt
Villagers recently set fire to the homes of several Christians in Beni Suef village, Beni Menin, Egypt. Pray for justice for those affected: some Christians were arrested after being wrongly accused of setting their own homes on fire.