Two Christians released from Rasht's Lakan Prison after posting bail
Ahmad (Youhanna) Sarwar and Morteza Hajeb Mashoudkari, two Christians, were released from Lakan Prison in Rasht after posting bail. Despite the release of these two citizens, Ayub (Farzin) Pourrezazadeh remains in detention. These three citizens were arrested by security forces on September 4.
According to HRANA News Agency, the news agency of the Human Rights Activists in Iran, Ahmad (Youhana) Sarwar and Morteza Hajeb Mashhoud, two Christian converts, were released from Lakan Prison in Rasht after posting bail.
Despite the release of these citizens, another Christian, Ayoub Pourrezazadeh, remains in detention.
Ahmad (Youhanna) Sarwar, Ayub (Farzin) Pourrezazadeh, and Morteza Hajeb Mashhoudkari were arrested by security forces in Rasht on Sunday, September 4, 1402. Ahmad (Youhanna) Sarwar and Morteza Hajeb Mashhoudkari had announced their transfer to Lakan Prison in Rasht during a phone call on Saturday, September 17.
It is said that the relatives of these citizens have been threatened by IRGC intelligence agents for providing information about the condition of their loved ones. In addition, one of their relatives and other members of this house church have also been summoned to the IRGC Intelligence Department in Rasht and interrogated.
Ahmad (Yuhanna) Sustainer, 25, Ayub (Farzin) Pourrezazadeh, 28, and Morteza Hajeb Mashoud Kari, 38, are Christians and citizens living in Rasht.
It is worth noting that despite the fact that Christians are recognized as a religious minority by law, the security services follow the issue of Muslims converting to Christianity with particular sensitivity and deal with activists in this field with force.
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
