Shooresh Mohammadi Fallah, a Christian believer, was sentenced to one year in prison and a fine.
Shoroesh Mohammadi Fallah, a Christian believer living in Tehran, was sentenced to 1 year in prison and a fine by Branch 26 of the city's Revolutionary Court. Mr. Mohammadi Fallah was arrested by IRGC intelligence agents in July of last year and released on bail on November 3.
According to HRANA News Agency, the news agency of the Human Rights Activists in Iran, Shoroesh Mohammadi Fallah, a Christian believer living in Tehran, was sentenced to imprisonment and a fine by the city's Revolutionary Court.
According to this verdict, which was issued and announced in February 2017 by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari, Mr. Mohammadi Fallah was tried on charges including “acting against national security through membership in a Christian evangelical house church” and ultimately sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of 5 million Tomans.
Mr. Fallah was arrested by IRGC intelligence agents on July 17, 2021, and transferred to one of the security agency’s detention centers in Tehran, where he was held in solitary confinement for 35 days. He was charged by Branch 3 of the Evin Prosecutor’s Office, headed by Judge Bara’eh, and on September 1, after the interrogation, he was transferred to Greater Tehran Prison.
On October 10 of last year, the final defense of this Christian believer was taken, and on November 3, he was temporarily released after posting a bail of 500 million Tomans until the end of the proceedings.
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 Christian believers in Iran is taking place despite the fact that, 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 manifest it, individually or in community with others and in public or in private.
Source: HRANA
