GONBAD-E-KAVUS, Iran — In late November, an Iranian convert to Christianity was kidnapped from his home in northeastern Iran and stabbed to death, his bleeding body thrown in front of his home a few hours later.
Ghorban Tori, 50, was serving as pastor of an independent house church of convert Christians in Gonbad-e-Kavus.
Within hours of the Nov. 22 murder, local secret police arrived at the pastor’s home, searching for Bibles and other banned Christian books in the Farsi language.
According to one source, during the past eight days representatives of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security have arrested and severely tortured 10 other Christians in several cities, including Tehran.
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