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Eight Iranian Christians arrested in morning raids

Michael Ireland July 20, 2019 2 min read

All but one of the eight Iranian Christians arrested are being held in solitary confinement

IRAN (ANS) — Eight Iranian converts to Christianity, including five from one family, were arrested at their homes in a coordinated operation carried out by Ministry of Intelligence agents on July 1.

BarnabasAid reports the officials swooped at about 9 a.m. in the south-west city of Bushehr and seized Bibles and other Scriptures, laptops, phones and identity and bank cards. Agents also searched the workplaces of at least two of the Christians and took away computer hard drives and security camera footage.

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All but one of the eight Iranian Christians arrested are being held in solitary confinement

All but one of the eight Iranian Christians arrested are being held in solitary confinement [Image source: Article 18]

Sources named the five family members arrested as Sam Khosravi, 36, Maryam Falahi, 35, Sasan Khosravi, 35, Marjan Falahi, 33, and Khatoon Fatolahzadeh, 61. The other Christians were named as Pooriya Peyma, 27, Fatemeh Talebi, 27, and Habib Heydari, 38.

Khatoon Fatolahzadeh, arrested after agents in six cars came to her house, was released the same day because of her age. The rest are being held in solitary confinement and without access to lawyers at the Ministry of Intelligence office in Bushehr.

BarnabasAid says two months ago, on May 9, Iranian agents shut down a 100-year-old Assyrian church in Tabriz, north-west Iran, and tore down its cross.

The author of this story, Michael Ireland, is a self-supported media missionary with ANS. Click here to support him as a missionary journalist. 

Michael Ireland

Michael Ireland is an Internet journalist and Media Missionary serving as Chief Correspondent for the ASSIST News Service. He is also an ordained minister and an award-winning local cable-TV host/producer. Michael has served with Dan Wooding and ASSIST News Service (ANS) since its beginning in 1989. He has reported for ANS from Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Israel, Jordan, China, and Russia. Follow Michael on Facebook at MichaelIrelandMediaMissionary and on Twitter at @Michael_ASSIST. You may support Michael as a media missionary at https://actintl.givingfuel.com/ireland-michael

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