Christians sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for missionary work in Iran
Wed 05 Jul 2017
By Eno Adeogun
A judge in Iran has sentenced four Christians to 10 years imprisonment each for engaging in missionary activities and "conducting activities against national security", according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
Iranian national Nasser Navard Goltape, and Yusif Farhadov, Eldar Gurbanov and Bahram Nasibov from the Republic of Azerbaijan were arrested on 24th June 2016, after traveling to Tehran to visit their Christian friends.
They were released on bail from Evin Prison more than four months later, with the Azeri men returning to their home country.
Mansour Borji, advocacy director of Article 18, an organisation that defends persecuted Christians in the Shia Muslim majority country said: "This recent verdict by Iran's revolutionary court is particularly alarming, as many other Iranian Christians are still awaiting trial for exercising their right to worship as Christians in privacy of their homes."https://www.premier.org.uk/News/World/Christians-sentenced-to-10-years-imprisonment-for-missionary-work-in-Iran?utm_source=Premier%20Christian%20Media&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=8456601_daily%20news%206%2F7%2F17&utm_content=Iran&dm_i=16DQ,5195L,619EF3,J7Z5L,1
