Jailed Church of Iran Leader Released

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News TEHRAN (Worthy News) – A leader of the Church of Iran, one of the Islamic Republic’s largest evangelical house church movements, was free Monday after being released from Minab prison in Hormozgan province in southern Iran, Christians told Worthy News. Matthias (Abdulreza Ali) Haghnejad was reportedly freed on December 14, but his release was confirmed later. Pastor Haghnejad had been serving a six-year sentence on charges inc