Iranian authorities have sentenced Ghazal Marzban, a Christian convert, to nine years in prison for possessing a personal Bible and other Christian literature.
The Revolutionary Court in Tehran convicted her of "propaganda against the state" and "acting against national security," charges frequently used against religious minorities in the country.
Marzban and her husband converted to Catholicism about seven years ago. Since then, she has faced repeated harassment, including expulsion from law school and pressure to leave Iran.
She was arrested in January at her home in Tehran, where security forces seized her Bible and Christian booklets.
During interrogation, she was denied access to a lawyer and pressured to confess to proselytizing and distributing religious materials, accusations she firmly denied, insisting the items were for personal devotional use only.
Adding to the hardship, Marzban had been the primary caregiver for her husband, who suffers from Parkinson's disease. Her imprisonment has left him without support, raising serious concerns about his health.
This is not her first brush with the regime. In 2024, she spent two months in prison on similar charges related to "propaganda against the regiem."
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