Fariba Dalir

Fariba Dalir is a Christian convert. She was arrested for religious activities and her husband and several other Christian converts. Ms. Dalir was eventually sentenced to two years in Tehran’s Evin prison for “acting against national security by establishing and leading an Evangelical Christian church.”

• <coverage-outsourcing id='38972'> <reference source='https://articleeighteen.com/fa/news/12081/'> The Tehran Revolutionary Guards arrested six Christian converts for several consecutive days. After their arrest, they were transferred to one of the IRGC detention centers in Tehran. It should be noted that a 17-year-old girl was also arrested and released after ten days of solitary confinement without bail. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38973'> <reference source='https://articleeighteen.com/fa/news/12081/'> Fariba Dalir and Soroush (surname unknown) were transferred from the IRGC Intelligence Detention Center to Qarchak and Greater Tehran prisons after enduring 50 days of solitary confinement. The couple was released on bail about two months after being transferred to prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38974'> <reference source='https://articleeighteen.com/fa/news/12081/'> A hearing on the case of Christian converts was held in one of the branches of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran. Article 18 reported that Fariba Dalir was sentenced to two years in prison on charges of "running and forming an evangelical church." The other defendants in the case, including her husband, Soroush, were each fined 50 million Iranian rials in exchange for ten months in prison. It is worth mentioning that the court sentenced Ms. Dalir to five years in prison because she had a criminal record, but after clarifying this error, the court reduced the sentence to two years in prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38975'> <reference source='https://articleeighteen.com/fa/news/12081/'> Ms. Delir went to Evin Prison to serve her sentence. Her sentence was set to be carried out the day before Easter. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='45647'> <reference source='https://mohabatnews.com/?p=51176'> She was released. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>