Hakop Gochumyan, an Armenian citizen, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and is currently incarcerated in Evin Prison on charges of “engaging in deviant educational and propaganda activities contrary to the sacred law of Islam through membership and direction of a Christian missionary network in the country.”
Hakop Gochumyan, 35, was arrested in August 2023 along with his wife and has been in detention ever since.
Among the accusations against Hakop Gochumyan were possessing seven copies of the Bible in Persian at his home, and attending Christian homes and Armenian-speaking churches on two occasions. Mr. Gochumyan explained that he brought the books as gifts at the request of his Armenian friends, as it is easier for them to read the Bible in Persian than in Armenian. These explanations were not accepted by the court and the judicial authorities of the government.
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