HARBINGERS DAILY/ Decision Magazine-
Two Christian prisoners held in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison—known as Iran’s “torture factory”—were released last week.
Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh, 61, was released on Oct. 17, and 51-year-old Fariba Dalir the following day.
Nasser was arrested in June 2016, along with three others, for “acting against national security” by belonging to a house church. He was sentenced to 10 years in Evin Prison, beginning in January 2018.
During his nearly 2,000 days in prison, he filed several requests for a retrial or parole, and wrote numerous open letters querying how membership of a house church could be considered an “action against national security.”
“A year ago, his elderly mother made an emotional video plea for his release, saying she was afraid she would die without seeing her son,” said an article on Open Doors USA’s website. “Still, Nasser languished another 440 days until, in a surprise move … he was pardoned and released!” He immediately stunned his family with a phone call asking them to pick him up from prison.
Fariba, a wife, mother and house church planter, was one of six Christian converts arrested in July 2021. She was charged with “acting against national security by establishing and leading an evangelical Christian church.” Her husband, Saroush, was also arrested and sentenced to 10 months in jail for membership in the church. Fariba spent more than 200 days in detainment, including over a month in solitary confinement. Her sentence began on April 16, Easter Sunday, of this year. Continue reading…
