The State Department condemned Iran’s intensified repression of Christians, including a Catholic woman on hunger strike in a prison known as one of the most brutal in the theocratic state.The Trump administration statement on widespread human rights violations carried out by the Iranian regime coincides with new military strikes against it in response to Tehran’s attacks on commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.The Christian woman on hunger strike is 42-year-old Ghazal Marzban, who sits in Iran’s infamous Evin prison in Tehran, according to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).Iran sentenced Marzban, a Catholic, to nearly 10 years in prison for practicing her Christian faith, Iranian experts told Fox News Digital.
Marzban’s physical health, as of late May, had deteriorated.Her current condition is not known.IRAN REGIME ACCUSED OF KILLING 19 CHRISTIANS IN ANTI-REGIME PROTESTS AS PERSECUTION CONTINUES: WATCHDOGGhazal Marzban sits in Iran’s infamous Evin prison in Tehran, according to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
Iran sentenced Marzban, a Catholic, to nearly 10 years in prison for practicing her Christian faith according to Iran experts.(Article 18)It is unclear if the administration plans to ramp up pressure on Iran’s leaders for their widepsread persecution of religious minorities and opponents of the regime.A State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital, "We are aware of these reports.
It is reprehensible that the Iranian regime continues to persecute religious minorities, including Iranian Christians."Article 18, an organization that promotes religious freedom in Iran, noted that following Marzban’s conversion, the Islamic law graduate was banned from taking her bar entry examination.Her husband, who also converted to Christianity, has been denied medicine for his Parkinson’s disease, according to Article 18.Fox News Digital sent a press query to Iran’s U.N.
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