Over the Christmas period many will have heard the Christmas message, either through the media, or from friends. This year Christmas fell on a Friday, Iran’s day off, so some of the Christians in house churches will have managed to have had small ‘parties’ in their homes. Sadly other Christians were in prison. One, Hamideh Najafi, was arrested in Mashad at 8.00 a.m. on December 16th. Security officers confiscated her hand painted pictures of Jesus. Desperate for information her husband eventually managed to find out that she would face political charges – for contacting foreign Christian TV stations. Pray for Swift release of Hamideh Najafi and all prisoners of conscience For those who heard Gospel for first time this Christmas More moderation from security officers dealing with Christianity