From left: Mervyn Thomas, Founder and Chief Executive of Christian Solidarity Worldwide, and Imam Sayyid Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader
On February 25, 2020, authorities upheld the five-year prison sentence of a pastor in Iran. Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, reportedly gave a judge authority to reject the pastor’s appeal without following proper court procedures.
“We urge the Government of Iran to end the harassment of the Christian community,” said Mervyn Thomas, Chief Executive of Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a human rights organization. Responding to the pastor’s arrest in February 2019, Thomas said, “The fact that Iran continues to commit flagrant human rights violations while simultaneously seeking improved relations with other countries should be a matter of utmost concern.”
Pastor in Iran Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
Pastor Matthias Haghnejad is with the Church of Iran in Rasht, which is the capital city of Gilan Province in Iran. According to CSW, on the evening of February 10, 2019, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) came to the church and arrested Haghnejad after a service had finished. While there, the IRGC confiscated Bibles and cell phones, after which they went to Haghnejad’s house and took the pastor’s books and his wife’s phone.
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