SENTENCED TO DEATH:
In 2009, two brave young Iranian women faced the ultimate price—execution by hanging—for a single reason: converting to Christianity and refusing to deny their faith under intense interrogation!
Born into Muslim families in Iran, Marziyeh Amirizadeh and Maryam Rostampour converted to Christianity and launched a bold underground mission. Under the cover of night, they secretly distributed roughly 20,000 Bibles into mailboxes across Tehran and helped establish covert house churches.
In March 2009, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps raided their apartment, found Bibles, and arrested them. Charged with apostasy and promoting Christianity, a radical judge handed down a chilling sentence: death by hanging unless they recanted their faith and returned to Islam.
259 DAYS IN HELL:
* Brutal Imprisonment: They were thrown into Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison, enduring 259 days of relentless interrogation, psychological torture, and constant execution threats.
* Defiant Courage: Rather than backing down, the two women actively prayed with fellow prisoners and shared the Gospel inside the prison walls.
* Global Pressure: Their story triggered a massive international campaign, drawing outcry from Amnesty International and a personal letter from Pope Benedict XVI demanding their release.
After nine months of global pressure, the regime finally released them. They escaped Iran and revealed the truth in their powerful memoir, Captive in Iran.
An unbreakable testimony of faith!