FACT CHECK · IRAN
Claim: Iran protects its Christians
MISLEADINGTHE ANSWER
Converts are targeted: Pastor Mehdi Dibaj got a death sentence for apostasy (1993). Bishop Haik Hovsepian, who fought for him, was found stabbed in Jan 1994; Dibaj was killed months later.
SOURCE
Wikipedia: Mehdi Dibaj; Wikipedia: Haik Hovsepian Mehr
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