Patrick Goodeneough of CNSNEWS.COM reports the inconsistency between Iran’s claim to religious tolerance and its actual campaign against Christianity. The Iranian government is alarmed about the growth of Christianity especially among its youth. The most obvious manifestation of hostility to Christianity is demonstrated by the government through its seizure of the Bibles. Repeated occurrences of confiscating were reported. Examples of report are as follows:
Last week, Mohabat reported that authorities had seized 6,500 pocket-sized Bibles in northwestern Iran.
Mohabat recalled previous incidents of Bibles being seized, including one last February, when Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and security officials in a routine inspection of a bus near the Iran-Turkey border found 600 New Testaments, which they destroyed along with confiscated alcohol in a public burning.
A similar incident in the same area last October also saw officials seize and burn Bibles…
The Iranian Bible Society’s offices have been shut for decades, and authorities do not allow publishing or reprinting of Bibles in Iran.
You can read the entire story about this Iranian campaign in confiscating the Bible at CNSNEWS.COM.
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