{"id":26492,"date":"2020-05-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/prayer\/prayer-diary-iran-4627\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:57:33","slug":"prayer-diary-iran-4627","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/prayer\/prayer-diary-iran-4627\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Diary: Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/d9c679c9af3beb2595ea1b37c1f39bc4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pastor Victor Bet-Tamraz and his family are being treated like criminals. Like many Iranians from minority faith communities, they have received excessive sentences on unfounded charges relating to national security as part of an ongoing crackdown on religious minorities. Pastor Victor and his family have been charged with national security crimes for what many would consider normal church activities. Pastor Victor faces a ten-year prison sentence for \u2018conducting evangelism\u2019 and \u2018illegal house church activities\u2019. His wife, Shamiram, was sentenced to five years\u2019 imprisonment for \u2018membership of a group with the purpose of disrupting national security\u2019 and an additional five years for \u2018gathering and colluding to commit crimes against national security\u2019. Their final appeal hearing was due to take place at the end of February, but was postponed because a summons for one of their co-accused, Hadi Asgari, had not been issued. Their son, Ramiel, was released early from Tehran\u2019s Evin prison because of the coronavirus outbreak. He was serving a five-year sentence, after being arrested while on a picnic with four other Christians. Read more about Iran at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\">csw.org.uk\/iran<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Sunday 17 May<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pray that God would deliver justice for Pastor Victor, his wife Shamiram and their coaccused, granting a positive outcome at their final appeal hearing, despite the strong likelihood their sentences won\u2019t be dropped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Monday 18 May<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ask God to bless Pastor Victor and Shamiram today, using Psalm 30:1-2 to inspire your prayers: \u2018I will exalt you, Lord, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me. Lord my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Tuesday 19 May<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Give thanks for the gift of joy God has granted to Ramiel Bet-Tamraz, which has sustained him during his prison sentence. Ask God to increase this gift in his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Wednesday 20 May<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pray for Ramiel\u2019s wife, Ninebra, who had to endure being separated from her husband and seeing him imprisoned. Ask God to give her fresh strength and courage to face each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Thursday 21 May<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pray for Dabrina Bet-Tamraz, Pastor Victor\u2019s daughter, as she campaigns for her family. Ask God to give her wisdom in all she does, and to show her where to go and what to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Friday 22 May<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use the opening verses of Psalm 37 to pray for the whole family today: \u2018Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Saturday 23 May<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lord God, be a refuge and strength to Pastor Victor, Shamiram, Ramiel, Dabrina, Ninebra and the Church in Iran today. Encourage them and deliver them, for they trust in your name. Command your angels concerning all their ways, protect them from all harm and show them your salvation. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2020-05-16-prayer.pdf\">\u4e0b\u8f7d\u672c\u5468\u7948\u7977\u65e5\u8bb0\u7684\u53ef\u6253\u5370\u7248\u672c\u3002.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us in praying for Iran this week.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8183,"template":"","regions":[148,145],"class_list":["post-26492","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-iran","regions-middle-east-north-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41162,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26492\/revisions\/41162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=26492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}