Center for Human Rights in Iran: The 5-year prison sentence against Christian convert Ebrahim Firoozi for his alleged missionary activities has been confirmed by the Appeals Court in Tehran, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) has learned.

The ruling, issued on January 15, 2017, also punished Firoozi to two years in exile to the village of Sarbaz in a remote part of Sistan-Baluchestan Province, according to an informed source who spoke to CHRI on the condition of anonymity.  

The 32-year-old welder has been held in Ward 12 for political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Rajaee-Shahr Prison in Karaj, 32 miles west of Tehran, since 2014. He has been prosecuted three times since 2010 for converting from Islam to Christianity and allegedly organizing Christian religious meetings >>>