IRAN: Sharp increase in prison sentences for Christians in 2024
Last year ninety-six Christians were sentenced to a combined 263 years in prison.
Category: Iran
IRAN: Pastor Matthias Haghnejad released from prison
Christian convert Pastor Matthias Haghnejad has been released from prison
IRAN: Javad Amini released on bail
Christian convert Javad Amini has been released on bail after ten days in detention
IRAN: Twelve converts face trial after identifying as Christians
Twelve converts have been summoned to appear before a court after identifying as Christians during their defence
IRAN: Three Christians incommunicado a month after arrest
Three Christian converts arrested last month remain in detention in an unknown location
IRAN: Mehdi Akbari released after nearly five years in prison
Christian convert Mehdi Akbari has been released from Evin Prison after serving nearly half of his ten-year sentence
IRAN: Anooshavan Avedian acquitted and released
Iranian-Armenian pastor Anooshavan Avedian has been acquitted and released from prison
IRAN: Christian convert Mojdeh Falahi detained
Christian convert Mojdeh Falahi was arrested on 9 September in Shiraz and is being held in a Ministry of Intelligence detention centre
IRAN: Eight Christian converts sentenced to total of 45 years in prison
Eight Christian converts have been sentenced to a total of 45 years in prison with one, Yasin Mousavi, sentenced to 15 years
IRAN: Hakop Gochumyan loses appeal against ten year sentence
He has been in prison since his arrest in August 2023.