Christians Under Attack

 (Compass Direct News) – Arrested on Jan. 21 in Tehran, converts from Islam Jamal Galishorani and his wife Nadereh Jamali have been released on bail with an open case, though charges against them are still unknown, sources told Compass. Authorities released Galishorani yesterday, and officials at Evin Prison freed his wife last week. Iranian Christians and rights agencies have feared that they could be charged with “apostasy,” or leaving Islam – potentially punishable by execution in the Shia Islamic republic. A third Christian also arrested in Tehran on Jan. 21, Armenian Hamik Khachikian, was released after one week without charges. The arrests of the Galishoranis and Khachikian, according to a source, are just part of the government’s increased harassment of Iran’s Christians. “The pressure is continuous,” the source said. “In the past it came and went with waves.”