{"id":64006,"date":"2025-09-28T02:35:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T02:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=64006"},"modified":"2025-09-28T02:35:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T02:35:59","slug":"iranian-court-upholds-10-year-prison-sentence-for-christian-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/iranian-court-upholds-10-year-prison-sentence-for-christian-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribunale iraniano conferma la condanna a 10 anni di prigione per un uomo cristiano"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Iran\u00a0\u2014 Mehran Shamloui, a Christian convert, has been denied a retrial for his case by the Iranian Supreme Court.\u00a0 Shamloui was arrested in 2024 and sentenced to 10 years and 8 months in prison in March 2025 for participating in a house church. The charges against him included \u201cpropaganda activities contrary to Islamic law,\u201d and \u201cmembership in groups opposing the state.\u201d\u00a0 He was released from jail after he posted bail in late 2024. He fled the country and intended to\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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He fled the country and intended to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1064],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-64006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":74520,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/christian-convert-in-iran-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison\/","url_meta":{"origin":64006,"position":0},"title":"Christian Convert in Iran Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Luglio 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Nayereh Arjaneh, a Christian convert living in Iran, began serving a five-year prison term on Dec. 23 because of her faith. 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