{"id":74520,"date":"2026-07-27T04:48:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T04:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=74520"},"modified":"2026-07-27T08:28:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T08:28:34","slug":"christian-convert-in-iran-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/christian-convert-in-iran-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30a4\u30e9\u30f3\u306e\u30ad\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8\u6559\u6539\u5b97\u8005\u3001\u7981\u932e5\u5e74\u306e\u5224\u6c7a\u3092\u53d7\u3051\u308b"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Nayereh Arjaneh, a Christian convert living in Iran, began serving a five-year prison term on Dec. 23 because of her faith. Christian converts are often targets of imprisonment, false accusations, mistreatment, and torture under the Iranian regime, with hundreds of Christ followers targeted by Iranian authorities in 2025 alone. According to the International Society for Human Rights, \u201carrests, interrogations, and ill-treatment during detention were particularly brutal\u201d in 2024. Arjaneh and her husband, Qasem Esmaili, were arrested on July 7, 2025,\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\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nayereh Arjaneh, a Christian convert living in Iran, began serving a five-year prison term on Dec. 23 because of her faith. Christian converts are often targets of imprisonment, false accusations, mistreatment, and torture under the Iranian regime, with hundreds of Christ followers targeted by Iranian authorities in 2025 alone. According to the International Society for Human Rights, \u201carrests, interrogations, and ill-treatment during detention were particularly brutal\u201d in 2024. Arjaneh and her husband, Qasem Esmaili, were arrested on July 7, 2025,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":74519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1064],"tags":[],"series":[1057],"class_list":["post-74520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","series-islam"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":67732,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/iranian-christian-convert-released-from-prison\/","url_meta":{"origin":74520,"position":0},"title":"Iranian Christian Convert Released from Prison","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"2\u6708 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Mina Khajavi, a 61-year-old Christian convert, was released from Iran\u2019s Evin Prison on Oct. 20 after serving nearly two years in jail for activities related to her Christian faith.\u00a0 Khajavi, along with several other Christians, was arrested on June 30, 2020, while attending a house-church service and charged with \u201cacting against national security through promoting Zionist Christianity.\u201d She was detained for three weeks before being released on bail.\u00a0 In 2022, an Iranian court sentenced Khajavi to six years in prison,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Christian News","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":64006,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/iranian-court-upholds-10-year-prison-sentence-for-christian-man\/","url_meta":{"origin":74520,"position":1},"title":"Iranian Court Upholds 10-Year Prison Sentence for Christian Man","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"9\u6708 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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She was taken to a local hospital, where medical professionals diagnosed a fractured T12 vertebra. Authorities refused to allow Najaflou to obtain treatment and, instead, used a stretcher to bring her\u2026","rel":"","context":"Christian News","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":78542,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/iranian-christians-received-heavy-prison-sentences-in-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":74520,"position":3},"title":"Iranian Christians Received Heavy Prison Sentences in 2025","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"3\u6708 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"According to a report released on Feb. 19 titled \u201cScapegoats: Rights Violations Against Christians in Iran,\u201d Christians in Iran cumulatively received a total of more than 280 years in prison for their faith in 2025. 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