Tomorrow is the last day of November and we were hoping that we would have 1000 letters of support written to Pastor Irani by the end of the month. We are so close to reaching our goal. Last week we started with 894 letters that had already been written. Today we're at 975 letters which have been written, leaving us only 25 more letters to write! Will you be one of the twenty five people we need to write Pastor Behnam Irani a letter today?
Your letter of encouragement will not only encourage Pastor Irani who is in prison for his faith in Jesus Christ, but it also sends a message to his captors that we are aware of his suffering for Christ.
Please take five minutes right now to go over to our Prisoner Alert page and write our brother. Your letter may make the difference between him being free or remaining in prison.
Click here to visit Prisoner Alert and write him today. It's very very easy.
Here is a more detailed information from our Prisoner Alert page.
Behnam Irani, a 41-year-old pastor from Kraj, Iran, was convicted of crimes against national security in January 2011 and sentenced to one year in prison. After voluntarily surrendering to authorities on May 31 to begin his sentence, he learned that he would be forced to serve five years in connection with a previous conviction.
Officers from the Ministry of Intelligence and National Security (MOIS) raided Irani’s house church on April 14, 2010, and assaulted him before taking him into custody. Although he was released on bail two months after his arrest, he later received the one-year prison sentence.
When Irani voluntarily began serving his sentence in May 2011, he was prepared to spend one year in prison. But he received a letter in October stating that he must now serve five years from his previous sentence.
Irani was first arrested in December 2006 and tried for crimes against national security. He was released in January 2007 but was soon re-arrested, tried and sentenced to five years in prison. Irani was never called to serve the sentence that is now being held against him.
Irani became a pastor in 2002, 10 years after becoming a Christian. Please pray for his wife and two children as they wait for him to return home.
You may also write a letter of encouragement to Pastor Irani to let him know you are praying for him. Please do not speak negatively of the Iranian government in your letter or mention the name of the organization that provided this information.
Thank you for taking the time to write Pastor Irani today. Please click here to write him via our Prisoner Alert page. Thank you.
