An Iranian convert from Islam to Christianity was arrested on 16 December 2009 and tried at the Mashhad Revolutionary Court on 30 December, without a lawyer to represent her. She was sentenced to three months’ house arrest because of her contact with a foreign Christian TV network. In numerous interrogations she was asked to disclose the names of Christian evangelists and to return to Islam. In the face of threats to beat up her husband, she eventually signed a statement that she was mentally unfit. Citing her mental condition, the court also ruled that her 10-year-old daughter should be taken away and cared for by foster parents. But because the daughter is very ill and desperately needs her mother, this part of the sentence was not enforced. The mother was, however, told that if she and her husband insisted on their Christian beliefs and spoke publicly about their faith, then their daughter would be immediately taken from them. Pray for this Christian family facing such persecution that the Lord will strengthen, comfort and encourage them.

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