{"id":14006,"date":"2013-06-19T14:42:28","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T13:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/14006-iran-jails-four-christian-for-practising-their-religion"},"modified":"2013-06-19T14:42:28","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T13:42:28","slug":"iran-jails-four-christian-for-practising-their-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-jails-four-christian-for-practising-their-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian regime jails four Christian for practising their religion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/images\/stories\/2013\/news\/church-iran.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"A church in Iran\" title=\"A church in Iran\" style=\"float: left; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0px;\" \/>NCRI &#8211; Four Christians have been jailed for almost four years in Iran for disrupting national security by practising their religion.<\/p>\n<p>Mojtaba Seyed Allaoding Hossein, Mohammad Reza Partoi (Kuroush), Vahid Hakani and Homayoun Shokuhi were arrested on February 7 this year after the security forces had raided their house meeting in Shiraz.<\/p>\n<p>They were convicted of participating in house meetings, advertising Christianity, having connections with Christian Organizations abroad, propaganda against the government and disrupting the national security.<\/p>\n<p>The Revolutionary Court in the city of Shiraz sentenced all of them to three years and eight months in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Hossein and Mr Shokuhi were also handed eight months suspended sentences and Fariba Nazemian and her 17 year-old son Nima Shokuhi were handed two year suspended prison sentences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &ndash; Four Christians have been jailed for almost four years in Iran for disrupting national security by practising their religion. 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