Imagine fleeing for your life, escaping the threat—only to be told you have to go back.

For Parsa and Delaram, that’s not just a nightmare: It will be their reality all too soon if they don’t get the help they need.

This wasn’t always their situation, but when they chose to follow Jesus, it ended up costing them more than most of us will ever have to pay.

Once an atheist, Parsa strongly opposed religion. Then, in 2014, a customer walked into his pizza shop in Isfahan and spoke to him about Jesus.

That conversation changed everything.

Parsa began secretly attending Christian services, studying the Bible and meeting with believers in a house church. Eventually, he could no longer keep the hope he had found to himself.

He began telling others about Christ (in a country where any hint of proselytizing can mean persecution). In fact, one day, the authorities did come.

Plainclothes officers searched his pizza shop and discovered a Bible and handwritten Christian materials. They shut down his business. Parsa was later interrogated and warned that continuing his Christian activities could lead to imprisonment, flogging, and financial penalties.

Eventually, Parsa fled to Turkey. There he met Delaram, another Iranian believer who had spent years hiding her faith.

Delaram first encountered the Gospel through Christian television as a young woman in Iran. One night, while watching Pastor Hormoz, she prayed to receive Jesus Christ.

Today, Parsa and Delaram are married and actively serving the Lord—but they are living in exile with an uncertain future.

Their asylum case in Turkey has been rejected. They fear detention and possible deportation to Iran, where their Christian conversion and ministry activities could expose them to serious consequences.

Kingdom Times prayers is that God will bring Parsa and Delaram to safety in the name of Jesus. Visit Iranaliveministries.org to give towards the resettlement of Parsa and Delaram.