Friday, November 02, 2012

Four Christians imprisoned in Iran



An Iranian Assembly of God pastor and three ministers have each been sentenced to a year in prison for preaching Christianity.

According to Iranian Christian news agency Mohabat News, their trial was held on 15 October at Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court in Ahwaz. The presiding judge was Seyyed Mohammad Bagher Mousavi.

The four Christians, who had been arrested on 23 December last year, are the pastor of the Assembly of God church of Ahwaz, Farhad Sabokrouh, and his wife Shahnaz Jeizan, together with two other church ministers, Naser Zamen Dezfuli and Davoud Alijani. Read more

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