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Iran arresting Christian converts in new crackdown
August 11, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: Police in Iran have arrested dozens of Christians this summer, human-rights activists report.
Most of the people arrested in the crackdown have been former Muslims who converted to Christianity. Islamic law makes it a crime to renounce the faith.
However, some of those arrested have been Chaldean Christians who were baptized as children.
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