Converts cleared of wrongdoing in second trial on identical charges

Converts face second trial on identical charges

Left to right: Ahmad Sarparast, Morteza Mashoodkari, and Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh. Three house-church members already facing five years in prison for “engaging in propaganda and education of deviant beliefs contrary to the holy Sharia” have today been informed they must...
Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh

Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh

Ayoob (Farzin) Pour-Rezazadeh and two other members of a house church in Rasht were arrested on 5 September 2021, during a raid by security forces. These three converts, all members of the “Church of Iran,” were then taken to an unknown location. The other...