These three Christian converts are the latest to be charged under the newly amended Article 500 of the penal code, and are facing five years in each prison.
Nine Christian converts whose five-year sentences for “acting against national security” were challenged by Iran’s Supreme Court.
This case study was used as part of a UK government-funded report into the persecution of Christians worldwide. The case […]
These four Christian converts were given prison sentences of between two and five years for “acting against national security” by belonging to a house-church and “spreading Zionist Christianity”.
Christian convert Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh was arrested alongside three Christians visiting from Azerbaijan – Eldar Gurbanov, Yusif Farhadov and Bahram Nasibov – in June 2016 at a private gathering near Tehran.
Iranian Christian converts Homayoun Zhaveh and his wife Sara Ahmadi were sentenced to two and 11 years in prison, respectively, in November 2020 for membership and leadership of a house-church.
Sevada Aghasar, an Iranian-Armenian Christian, and Ebrahim Firouzi, a Christian convert, were arrested on 21 August 2013, just a week before Ebrahim was due to be summoned to serve a one-year jail sentence.
This case study was used as part of a UK government-funded report into the persecution of Christians worldwide. The case involves four Christians […]
Ismaeil Maghrebinejad initially faced four charges after his arrest on 25 January 2019: “propaganda against the state”, “apostasy”, “insulting Islamic sacred beliefs” and “membership of a group hostile to the regime”.
This case study was used as part of a UK government-funded report into the persecution of Christians worldwide. Case referenced by Article18, […]