Source: Article18, March 10, 2025
Three Christian converts, including a woman pregnant with her first child, have been sentenced to over 40 years in prison on charges related to their religious beliefs and worship meetings.
Abbas Soori, Mehran Shamloui, and Narges Nasri, who is approximately halfway through her pregnancy, were sentenced by notorious Revolutionary Court judge Iman Afshari on March 8—International Women’s Day.
Narges, who is 37 years old, received the stiffest sentence—10 years for “propaganda activities contrary to Islamic law,” five for membership of an “opposition group” (house church) and an additional year for “propaganda against the state” for having posted on social media in support of the Women, Life, Freedom movement.
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See also Feeding the Underground Churches of Iran (Back to Jerusalem).