Today millions of Persians around the world will celebrate Norouz, the Persian New Year and the first day of spring. SAT-7 PARS is celebrating with a special Norouz programme aimed at connecting with Persians around the world. CONNECTING WITH ISOLATED BELIEVERS Norouz, which translates as ‘New Day’, is a special time for Persians to spend with family and friends, […]
Religious faith has a bad image among Iran’s young adults and it’s easy to see why. Tight restrictions and harsh penalties imposed by its clerical leaders and enforced by religious police give many a very negative impression of belief – and not just their own. According to Moe Pooladfar – producer of a new SAT-7 youth show for the Persian […]
The heart language SAT-7 PARS’ mission is to provide holistic Christian television for everyone in the Persian-speaking world. Thanks to a courageous Christian musician, the channel has now produced its first series in the Tajik dialect of Persian, called Our Salvation is in Him. “There is a need for programmes in the heart language of Tajikistan,” says director and producer […]
First-time pregnancy can be a disorientating time for a couple, as changes occur so quickly and hopes run so high. But it can be even more confusing and isolating in a culture in which issues relating to pregnancy and childbirth are rarely discussed, and superstitions proliferate. That’s where a new SAT-7 PARS programme called Forty (“Chehel” in Farsi) comes in. […]
For many girls across the Middle East and North Africa, rejection and discrimination are a daily reality. Widely considered of lower status and value than their brothers, their education and opportunities are limited, and their experience of injustice and abuse all too frequent. The season of Advent resounds with the song of Mary, Jesus’s mother, herself a young woman who […]
SAT-7’s Farsi language channel, SAT-7 PARS, is now live on Yahsat, which is one of the most viewed satellite platforms in Iran. Yahsat has attracted an estimated 10 million viewing households in the country. “This has been our dream for several years as Yahsat is an increasingly popular satellite with Iranians and it will enable us to interact with a […]
Tackling drug addiction Population: 82.8 million; 99.4% Muslim; 0.3% Zoroastrian, Christian, Jewish; 0.3% other Literacy: 91.2% men; 82.5% women Iran has the highest rate of drug addiction in the world, with at least 2 million Iranians in a population of 75 million addicted to illegal substances. Young men are at the centre of this phenomenon – with high unemployment, gender […]
There is more than one way of being on the front line of ministry in SAT-7. While scores of the TV network’s presenters have become trusted and familiar friends through their regular appearance on screen, there is a front line that is less visible but equally important. It involves sitting beside a phone and a computer monitor. Members of SAT-7 […]
Your channel helped me find the truth about my Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. I have introduced many thirsty people to your channel. They are searching for real happiness.” Masood* from Iran contacted SAT-7 to share how our Farsi channel helped him find the truth he had been desperately seeking for three years. He told us via secure messaging app […]
We had this email from Anita*, an Iranian now living in Malaysia. “My sister came to Christ five years ago. However her husband and family didn’t know about it. She started to watch the SAT-7 PARS (Farsi language) channel, but after a while her husband became suspicious. He deleted all Christian channels from satellite. “I was worried for my sister […]
