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Iranian converts face 10 years in prison

In Iran, conversion to Christianity can be a crime meriting a sentence of more than 10 years imprisonment. Catholic churches within the country are closely monitored with surveillance cameras to ensure that Muslims do not enter, and religious schools are limited in what they can teach, an Iranian-born journalist (and Catholic convert), Sohrab Ahmari, has explained. [1]