Afghan refugee Kourosh, whose real name is Teymur, is one of three Christian converts serving two-year prison sentences for their participation in a house-church.
Kourosh, who is a shoemaker, was arrested at his workplace in Karaj in December 2023, on the same day that the other Christians were arrested at a house-church in nearby Shahriar.
Although the Christians were not connected, intelligence agents combined their cases into one.
After two months in Evin Prison, they were released on bail equivalent to $20,000.
Kourosh, who is married with three children, and the other Christians were sentenced in July 2024 on charges of “forming” and “membership” of “a group or association with the aim of disrupting national security” (a house-church).
The Christians’ appeals and applications for a retrial with the Supreme Court were both rejected, and in November 2025 they began serving their sentences in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj.
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