Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Crimes Against National Security |
Sentence: |
6 years |
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Year Convicted: |
2014 |
Year Cleared: |
2014 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Iran |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated Released |
Summary of Case: |
"Matthias Haghnejad, Silas Rabani, and Benham Irani were codefendants wrongly convicted in Iran of "crimes against national security" and "forming a network to overthrow the government." The charges were based on the men converting from Islam to Christianity and being member of a church. Each of the men were sentenced to six years in prison." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
In December 2014 an Iranian appeals court overturned the convictions and sentences of the three codefendants. |
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Male |
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Other |
Information Source 1: |
"Convictions Overturned, Two Iranian Christians Freed, By Joseph DeCaro, Worthy Christian News, December 23, 2014" |
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http://www.worthynews.com/18159-convictions-overturned-two-iranian-christians-freed |
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"Two Christian Pastors and a Deacon Persecuted for Their Faith Will Serve 6 More Years in Remote Iranian Prisons, By Stoyan Zaimov (Reporter), Christian Post, October 21, 2014" |
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http://www.christianpost.com/news/two-christian-pastors-and-a-deacon-persecuted-for-their-faith-will-serve-6-more-years-in-remote-iranian-prisons-128386/ |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org