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\"ANCRI – The Iranian regime’s security forces have stepped up their suppression of religious and ethnic minorities in wake of the June presidential election, according to reports received from Iran.<\/p>\n

Christians in Isfahan province have been subjected to arbitrary arrests and heavy prison sentences in the week since Hassan Rouhani came into office.<\/p>\n

On August 1, security forces terrified worshippers when they raided and searched a house church in the city of Isfahan, arresting the owners Sediqeh Amirkhani, Mahnaz Rafii and Mohammad Reza Paymani and transferring them to an unknown location.<\/p>\n

On June 9, the Revolutionary Court in Tehran also sentenced newly converted Christian Mostafa Bordbar, who was arrested in December 2012, to 10 years imprisonment with physical torture.<\/p>\n

Mr Bordbar was sentenced to five years on charges of membership in an association and another five years for provoking public unrest causing ‘national insecurity.’<\/p>\n

The Revolutionary Court in the city of Yazd also sentenced a Baha\u2019i, Shamim Etehadi, to seven years and three months imprisonment with physical punishment, 75 lashes and 40 million Rials fine.<\/p>\n

Mr Etehadi received two years for filming a desecrated grave and sending the footage a TV channel. He was handed another five years and 75 lashes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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