According to Asia News, "a Protestant clergyman, Wilson Issavi, had been jailed for 'converting Muslims.' He has been tortured and threatened with execution. According to the Farsi Christian Network, Issavi's wife, Medin Nazanin, recently visited her husband in prison. She said that he was in poor health and that he bore visible signs of torture."

On February 2 in Isfahan, Rev. Issavi, 65, was arrested shortly after he completed a house meeting. He took charge of the Evangelical Church of Kermanshah in Isfahan, a 50-year-old church body affiliated with the Assemblies of God that ministers to the local Assyrian population.

Iranian intelligence officials informed his wife that he may be exceuted for his alleged activities. State security police detained everyone in the house during the raid and later released everyone but Issavi and the owner of the home.

As reported by Asia News, "according to Compass Direct News, a sweep against Protestant Christians is taking place across Isfahan. On 28 February, Isfahan residents Hamid Shafiee and his wife Reghahreh Aghajary, both converts from Islam and house church leaders, were arrested at their home. Their fate and whereabouts are still unknown."

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