International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that 11 Iranian Members of Parliament (MPs) visited Evin Prison in Tehran on January 30, claiming that they were investigating reports of abuse. Evin Prison has a notorious reputation, at times being called the regime’s torture factory. The MPs were at the prison for only three hours, which included a visit to the infamous Ward 209. However, according to Radio Farda, the MPs only spoke to four detainees and the visit was heavily supervised by intelligence agents.
The abuse of Christians imprisoned in Evin has been well documented by those who have survived their incarceration. Many have passed through Ward 209, which is administered by the Intelligence Ministry and often referred to as a “prison within a prison.”
World Watch Monitor recently shared a November interview with Maryam Rostampour, a Christian convert who was imprisoned in Evin for eight months. She said, “One day is like a year, some days you can’t breathe because you don’t know what’s going to happen to you the next day…When people experience living in Evin Prison, they will never be the same again. The stress is too much. We can’t be the same people. We can’t be as happy as before. We don’t enjoy activities like normal people because all the time we think of those who are still there.”
A number of high-profile Christians have…
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