Shiraz, Iran — Four Christian converts from Islam arrested in 2012 for alleged evangelistic activities had to post enormous bail amounts in order to be released from an Iranian prison.
Soroush Saraei, Mohammad Roghangir and Massoud Rezaei were released at midnight March 19 after each posted $80,000 in bail, according to the Iranian media website Mohabat News. The fourth, Eskandar Rezaie, was released this week and posted the same amount.
The four Christians and Shahin Lahooti, who is still in jail, were detained for five months in Adel-Abad Prison in Shiraz.
The judge intentionally set the bail amount high to financially cripple the Iranian Christian community, Khataza Gondwe, Africa and Middle East director for Christian Solidarity Worldwide told Morning Star News.
No second hearing has been scheduled for the case, meaning that they could spend years in legal limbo.
The five men were detained since their arrest October 2012 for allegedly “threatening national security” and evangelizing.
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