Iran upholds 6-year prison sentence for convert to Christianity

August 10, 2012

Iran’s court of appeals has upheld a six-year prison sentence for Farshid Fat’hi, a convert to Christianity who organized a house church.

Arrested in 2010, Fat’hi was sentenced on charges of “acting against national security… [and] collection of funds and propaganda against the Islamic regime by helping spread Christianity in the country.”

 

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Further information:

• Six Year Prison Term for Imprisoned Christian Upheld by the country’s Court of Appeals (Continentalnews)
• Iran court upholds practicing Christianity sentence (Jerusalem Post)