“Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it and institute new government . . .”—United States Declaration of Independence
Mehdi "Petros" Foroutan, a 27-year-old pastor in Iran, was arrested in January 2010
and charged with crimes against national security and blasphemy against
Islam. Although acquitted of the blasphemy charge and released on bail a
month later, Pastor Foroutan was sentenced to one year in prison.
Unlike most people who wait for an arrest warrant, Pastor Foroutan
reported to prison on Sept. 25, 2011, to begin serving his sentence.
Almost immediately, Pastor Foroutan was transferred to the area of the prison for recovering drug addicts in Shiraz. More Info...
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Mehdi Foroutan and two others, Behrouz Khandjani and Parviz Khaladj, were arrested on Jan. 8, 2010
in Shiraz. They were released on bail before a Revolutionary Court
convicted them of "crimes against the order" and sentenced them to one
year imprisonment. Two additional members of his house church, a married
couple, were sentenced at the same time. They were also charged with
"insulting Islam." In September, Mehdi and the others were summoned to
prison to serve their one year sentence.
