Dezful Revolutionary Court issues restraining order against eight Christians
The Fourth Branch of the Dezful Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office issued a restraining order against Alireza Roshaneizadeh, Hojjat Lotfi, Mohsen Saadatizadeh, Masoud Noui, Alireza Varksha, Mohammad Kaedgup, Mohammad Ali Torabi, and Esmaeil Narimanpour, eight Christians from Dezful. Alireza Varkshah, Mohammad Kaedgup, Esmail Narimanpour, Mohammad Ali Torabi, and Hojat Lotfi were arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents in Dezful on April 20 of this year and released from the security agency's detention center in Dezful on May 2.
According to HRANA News Agency, the news agency of the Human Rights Activists in Iran, on Tuesday, December 29, 2021, a restraining order was issued against eight Christians living in Dezful city.
According to this verdict, issued on December 29, 2021 by the Fourth Investigation Branch of the General and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office of Dezful City, headed by Judge Mohammad Makhmalzadeh, Alireza Roshaneizadeh, Hojjat Lotfi Khalafjoy, Mohsen Saadatizadeh, Masoud Noui, Alireza Varksha, Mohammad Kaedgup, Mohammad Ali Torabi Shangri, and Esmaeil Narimanpour, eight Christians from this city, were acquitted of the charge of "propagandistic activity in favor of groups opposed to the regime (missionary Christianity)."
Alireza Varksha, Mohammad Kaedgup, Esmail Narimanpour, Mohammad Ali Torabi, and Hojat Lotfi Khalafjoy were arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents in Dezful on April 20, 1402, and released from the Dezful Intelligence Department on Wednesday, April 25 of this year.
The hearing on the charges against Alireza Varsha, Mohammad Kaedgup, Ismail Narimanpour, and Mohammad Ali Torabi, four Christian converts, was held on August 3 at the Dezful Revolutionary Court, and after being informed of the charges, they were released on bail.
The treatment of Christians in Iran is taking place while, according to Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, everyone has the right to freedom of religion and to change their religion with conviction, as well as the freedom to express it, individually or in community with others and in public or in private.
Source: HRANA
