Image: Maryam in the hospital.
Maryam was temporarily released from Evin prison for medical reasons on June 6, following a hunger strike that she had begun on May 26. Family and friends are grateful that Maryam received medical attention and the opportunity to spend precious time at home. Her health had improved by the time she went back to prison.
Maryam, a former Muslim, has been detained since January 15, 2013 and was sentenced to four years in prison in July 2013 for her participation in services in underground churches in Iran, consisting of Muslim converts to the Christian faith. At the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, she was convicted of "Propaganda against the Islamic regime and undermining state security".
Pray for her health, for access to medical care when needed, and for her early release.
You can send more Bibles to Iran now. It costs around 80 kroner to ensure a Bible is smuggled into Iran.
