The sorrow of separation, the pain of displacement, the bitter taste of death.

Mohammad Reza, a 19-year-old young man who gave his heart to Jesus Christ in Iran to start his new and holy life and be faithful to his God, died on 04/07/2019 in the most difficult and unjust circumstances and rushed to his God.

According to the FCNN news agency, some time before and after believing in Jesus Christ, young Mohammad Reza was persecuted and threatened in Iran, and was forced to leave his country illegally at night.

Meanwhile, unfortunately, he was arrested on his way to the Bosnian border and was granted temporary permission to stop. However, due to lack of a warm place, he entered a building under construction to spend the night there. He woke up in the middle of the night to leave the building, but because the area was dark, he fell into the elevator shaft, suffering a broken shoulder and leg, as well as a concussion.

It is worth noting that despite Mohammad Reza's lack of improvement, it seems that due to the negligence of the hospital's medical staff, he was transferred to the regular ward of the hospital, where, despite the church paying the expenses, the young man unfortunately died a short time later due to limited medical facilities.

With a little reflection and thought on this incident, which perhaps happens every day to hundreds or perhaps thousands of refugees on this route, it can be said that the government of the Islamic Republic plays a very significant role in this displacement and untimely death.

As we have seen and heard for many years, this government has put a lot of pressure on Christians and other religious minorities, often executing them, imprisoning them, or deporting them, or depriving them of their basic social rights, and has actually torn them and their families apart from within. This type of human rights abuse is only seen in Iran to this extent, and they should be held accountable to international bodies, at least based on their own written constitution. Because they accept freedom of expression, belief, and religion in writing, but in practice they practice completely the opposite.

Finally, the Persian-speaking Christian community in Church 222, while sympathizing with this dear family, offers condolences to the 19-year-old young man for the tragedy that has befallen him and asks the living God for true peace and comfort.