HRANA News Agency – Parvin Ghadiani, a Christian convert, has been in custody for approximately three months after being arrested by security forces. She is currently being held in a state of uncertainty in Kachouei Prison in Karaj.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists in Iran, Ghadiani remains in detention.
HRANA has learned that she was arrested by security forces in January of last year. Following her interrogation at one of Karaj’s security detention centers, she was transferred to Kachouei Prison.
A source familiar with Ghadiani’s situation confirmed to HRANA: “The reason for her arrest has been cited as proselytizing Christianity.”
Notably, while Christianity is officially recognized as a minority religion in Iran, security agencies view the conversion of Muslims to Christianity as a highly sensitive matter and respond with severe crackdowns on those involved in religious activism.
The persecution of Christian converts in Iran persists despite Article 18 of both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which affirm every individual’s right to freedom of religion, including the right to change their faith and to practice it openly or privately, alone or in community with others.