Three Christian converts detained in northern Iran
Three Christian converts were detained by security forces on September 12 in Rasht, northern Iran. According to the Human Rights ...
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According to Iranian law, evangelism, missionary work, and converting to Christianity can be a crime meriting a sentence of more than 10 years imprisonment. The distribution of Christian literature in Persian is currently illegal in Iran.
There is officially no crime known as apostasy in the penal code (although there was a law about it prior to 1994). The last known execution for this crime was in 1990. However, despite there being no official civil law of apostasy, judges may still convict a defendant of that crime if they rule based on religious fatwas.
Three Christian converts sentenced to prison in Karaj
Three Christian converts were sentenced to prison in Karaj near Tehran on August 22. According to the Article 18 website, ...
Iranian Christian convert sentenced to 10 months of prison in Karaj, Iran
An Iranian Christian convert was sentenced to 10 months of prison by the Revolutionary Court in Karaj, near Tehran. According ...
Iran Intelligence agents arrest 3 Christian converts in southwestern city
Three Christian converts were detained by intelligence agents in Dezful southwestern Iran on April 19. According to the Mohabat News ...
Iran security forces arrest Christians in several provinces
According to the state-run Fars News Agency, security institutions arrested and interrogated several Iranian Christians across the country. Fars said ...