by Open Doors Philippines | Jul 27, 2021 | Afghanistan, Eritrea, India, Iran, Libya, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen
The International Olympic Committee, which puts on the Olympic Games every two years, has a simple vision: “Build a better world through sport.” And that’s what the Games are meant to do. They bring countries together on a world stage to compete peacefully—even...
by Open Doors Philippines | Jul 2, 2021 | Iran, News
Since the day former house church participant Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh first wrote his first letter to authorities from Evin Prison (known as Iran’s “torture factory”), we’ve followed his journey through his many inspiring letters. Today, there is no...
by Open Doors Philippines | Jun 30, 2021 | Iran, News
What comes to mind when you think of Iran? Iran. It’s “the other”, the unfamiliar. You may think of women covered from head to toe. The violent revolution or religious persecution. But is this how God sees Iran? In the Bible, we read about how God chose Esther,...
by Open Doors Philippines | Jun 11, 2021 | Iran, News
The coronavirus came early to Iran, and it hit hard: Hundreds of thousands of people were infected and, according to official numbers, more than 20,000 people have died. But those official numbers are likely a massive undercount. The BBC was recently sent secret...
by Open Doors Philippines | May 28, 2021 | Iran, News
You can’t know the name of the person who wrote this article – or the country he’s from. It is too dangerous to share. But that anonymity might help you understand him as representing so many secret believers from the Middle East. My name is ‘Secret...
by Open Doors Philippines | May 19, 2021 | Iran, News
Mojtaba Hosseini is 30 years old. He used to be one of the leaders of a quickly growing house church movement in Iran. That was before his church was raided and he was arrested and imprisoned for three years in an Iranian prison (following a first arrest resulting in...
