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Iran: authorities confiscate 6,500 Bibles
August 26, 2011
Amid heightened persecution of Iranian Christians, authorities in the northwestern province of Zanjan have seized 6,500 Bibles.
“Missionaries with reliance on huge money and propaganda are trying to deviate our youth,” said Majid Abhari, an advisor to the Iranian parliament’s social committee.
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Further information:
- More arrests and Bibles seized in Iran (Christian Today)
- Iran Seizes 6,500 Bibles to Stop 'Deceiving' Christian Missionaries (Christian Post)
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