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Four Christians in Iran, including two converts, have appealed their prison sentences for alleged missionary activities, arguing that they're innocent of the charges.

"Fondness for Christianity and conducting religious services cannot be the basis for incarceration," said Dabrina Bet Tamraz, the daughter of Assyrian pastor Victor Bet Tamraz and Shamiram Isavi, who were both sentenced by a Revolutionary Court in Iran to 10 years and five years in prison respectively.

The couple is currently free on bail along with their two codefendants, Christian converts Hadi Asgari and Amin Afshar Naderi, who had been sentenced to 10 years and 15 years in prison respectively.

Charges include “acting against national security by forming home churches, and insulting the sacred.”

Iran's Christian community, particularly converts to the faith, faces systematic state persecution.

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