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Iran: Women Prayer Vigil Outside Iran Embassy for Release of Converts

(Iran) Women Prayer Vigil Outside Iran Embassy for Release of Converts
Christian Post reports:
— “Women dressed in white will hold a prayer vigil outside the Iranian embassy in London tomorrow to highlight the plight of two female Christian converts from Islam who have been jailed without charge for the last six months”
— “Maryam Rustampoor, 27, and Marzieh Amirizadeh, 30, were arrested on 5 March for leaving Islam; and there put in the notorious Evin prison in Teheran, deprived of medical attention and often blindfolded for interrogations for several hours. They were tried after five months on 9 August, they were told to recant their faith which they said they will not do so. They were sent back to the prison where they face charge of apostasy which is death in Iran.”