Additional Name(s): Vahid Roghangir, محمد روغن‌گیر

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Iran

Ethnic Group: Fars

Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 6 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: July//2014

Current Status: Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Practicing Religion as a Convert Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Illegal Assembly Spreading Propaganda & False or Misleading Ideas, Information, or Materials

Mohammad Roghangir

Extra Bio Info:

Mohammad Roghangir was imprisoned for practicing his religion as a convert.

in October 2012, authorities arrested Roghangir, a member of the Church of Iran, after authorities raided a house-church in Shiraz. He was reportedly denied access to a lawyer and subjected to prolonged solitary confinement.

In March 2013, Roghangir was reportedly granted bail.

In July 2013, the Shiraz Revolutionary Court sentenced Roghangir to six years in prison for "propaganda against the state" (Art. 500 IPC) and "assembling and colluding to act against national security" (Art. 610 IPC).

In July 2014, Roghangir was arrested at the home of a church cohort in Bandar Anzali. He was later reportedly transferred to Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz to begin serving his sentence.

United for Iran reports that Roghangir was released from prison in 2019.

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