Benham Irani

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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
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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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Other
Information Source 1:	"Convictions Overturned, Two Iranian Christians Freed, By Joseph DeCaro, Worthy Christian News, December 23, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://www.worthynews.com/18159-convictions-overturned-two-iranian-christians-freed
Information Source 2:	"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"
Information Location 2:	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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Benham Irani

Charge:

Crimes Against National Security

Sentence:

6 years

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Iran

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In December 2014 an Iranian appeals court overturned the convictions and sentences of the three codefendants.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Other

Information Source 1:

"Convictions Overturned, Two Iranian Christians Freed, By Joseph DeCaro, Worthy Christian News, December 23, 2014"

Information Location 1:

http://www.worthynews.com/18159-convictions-overturned-two-iranian-christians-freed

Information Source 2:

"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"

Information Location 2:

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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