Amir-Ali Minaei

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Amir-Ali Minaei is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In December 2023, Iranian officials arrested Minaei for his involvement with a Christian house church. 

In March 2024, Judge Iman Afshari of the 26th Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced him to 3 years, 7 months' imprisonment and deprivation of social rights for "Propaganda activities against the regime through establishing a house-church" (Art. 500 IPC). Authorities confined him in Evin Prison. 

During detention, prison authorities intensely interrogated Minaei, leading to the development of a heart condition. Authorities denied him access to a cardiologist, beat him, fractured his foot, and held him incommunicado.