A 61-year-old Iranian Christian convert, Mina Khajavi, has been freed from Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison after serving nearly two years for her involvement in a house church, Decision Magazine and International Christian Concern reported. In June 2020, she was arrested with several other Christians and reportedly convicted of “acting against national security by promoting Zionist Christianity.”
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Initially sentenced to six years, her term was later reduced to two, with time in pretrial detention counted. Khajavi’s imprisonment was delayed after she was reportedly run over by a car. The incident left her with a broken ankle and chronic pain, Article 18 reported. Christian advocacy groups say her arrest was part of coordinated raids on house churches in Tehran and other cities. Despite Iran’s Supreme Court ruling that house churches are not illegal, authorities continue to harass converts from Islam, who face charges of apostasy and national security threats.
See related reports:
Iranian Christian convert released after two years in prison -Decision Magazine
Iranian Christian convert released from prison -International Christian Concern
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was compiled from media reports by The Baptist Paper.
