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Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh

  • Two Pardoned Pastors Rearrested
    Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh and Joseph Shahbazian
    Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh (left) and Joseph Shahbazian
    Photo: Article18

    While Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh had been sentenced in 2017 to ten years' imprisonment because of his Christian ministry, he was suddenly pardoned and released in 2022. Similarly, Joseph Shahbazian, a house church leader who had likewise been sentenced to ten years in 2022, was released after just over a year following an appeal of his sentence. More information on Nasser's case is available here.