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  • IRAN - Christian convert waiting for his apostasy trial asks for prayers

    05/18/2005 10:15:12 AM PDT · by NYer · 43 replies · 1,060+ views
    Asia News ^ | mAY 18, 2005
    Tehran (AsiaNews/Compass) – Hamid Pourmand, a Protestant clergyman who was born a Muslim, was moved from Tehran’s Evin Prison in an armoured car two days ago, May 16, to his home town of Bandar-i Bushehr (southern Iran), where an Islamic court will hear charges of proselytising and apostasy against him. He could get the death penalty and be hanged.Some of Pourmand’s relatives were allowed to briefly see him before his departure, but the prisoner was not permitted to speak with them. Witnesses say however that, gazing at them silently, he mouthed the words, “Please, pray for me.”Reverend Pourmand, who converted...
  • FAITH UNDER FIRE Iran imprisons Christian pastor (Religion of Peace Alert)

    02/18/2005 3:03:46 PM PST · by Jacob Kell · 1 replies · 210+ views
    WorldNetDaily.com ^ | February 18, 2005 | WorldNetDaily.com
    A U.S. human-rights group is protesting Iran's imprisonment of an Iranian pastor and former army colonel convicted of not declaring his conversion from Islam to Christianity before he was promoted to the rank of officer. A Tehran military court sentenced Hamid Pourmand, 47, to three years in jail, the maximum penalty, according to a report from the U.S.-based Christian news service Compass Direct.