Fariba Dalir, Christian Believer, Sent to Evin Prison to Serve Sentence
Fariba Dalir, a Christian believer, was sent to Evin Prison on Saturday, April 17th, to serve her sentence. Ms. Dalir was previously sentenced to two years imprisonment by Tehran’s Revolutionary Court.
According to Hrana news agency, citing Article 18, Fariba Dalir was sent to Evin Prison to serve her sentence.
She was sentenced by Tehran’s Revolutionary Court in November of this year to five years imprisonment on charges of acting against national security through the establishment and management of a Christian church. The sentence was later reduced to two years of corrective imprisonment upon appeal.
Ms. Dalir was arrested on July 19th, 2021, in a joint case along with five other Christian believers and was later released on bail after some time.
It should be noted that although Christians are recognized by law as a religious minority, security agencies pursue the issue of Muslims converting to Christianity with particular sensitivity and deal harshly with activists in this field.
The treatment of Christian believers in Iran occurs despite Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which state that everyone has the right to freedom of religion and the right to change religion, with freedom to express that belief individually or collectively, publicly or privately.
Source: Hrana
