Five Christians charged with blasphemy are to stand trial in a lower court in Iran.
Pastor Behrouz Sadegh-Khandjani, Mehdi Furutan, Mohammad Beliad, Parviz Khalaj and Nazly Beliad are due to appear before the court in two weeks, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
They were first arrested in June last year on charges of apostasy, holding political meetings, and committing blasphemy and crimes against the Islamic Order.
The Revolutionary Court in Shiraz found the five men guilty of crimes against the Islamic Order and sentenced them to one year’s imprisonment.
They served eight months of their sentence before being released in February on bail.
Their lawyer has appealed the one-year prison sentence and a decision is pending.
It had been presumed that the other charges against the men had been dropped but a source close to them confirmed that they are to stand trial for blasphemy.
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