Please pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters in Iran who are imprisoned for their faith. A few years ago a man named Farshid, featured along with many others in the two-and-a-half minute video below, visited our EPM office. It was a privilege to meet him and the director of Elam Ministries and hear stories of what God is doing in Iran. It’s now heartbreaking to think of Farshid presently in prison, enduring much hardship, and separated from his dear family.

Those imprisoned normally experience the following conditions: solitary confinement, sleep deprivation, many hours of interrogation by different teams, loud speakers outside their cells constantly broadcasting religious teaching, threats of execution, harm to family members, pressure to recant their Christian faith, verbal insults, other forms of psychological torture, sometimes prolonged beatings, and denial of medical attention.

Elam Ministries has put together helpful information on “Praying For Christian Prisoners in Iran” as you intercede for our brothers and sisters in Christ.

“Remember those in prison, as if you were there yourself. Remember also those being mistreated, as if you felt their pain in your own bodies.” Hebrews 13:3 NLT