Wife of jailed Christian priest: husband was tortured and in danger of death sentence

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Madeline Nazanin, the wife of Wilson Isavi, a priest in the Assyrian Church of Kermanshah who was arrested on February 2, 2010, said that his situation was 'appalling' after visiting him in prison. Nazanin said that there were torture signs on her husband's body and according to security officials, there is a chance that this elderly priest would receive the death sentence.
According to his wife, he is currently detained in an undercover detention center in the Shahin Shahr Street in Isfahan and has only been able to visit with his wife once. The head of this detention center has said that Wilson has been charged with 'baptizing Muslims and converting them into Christians' and has announced that he is 'awaiting trial to receive the death sentence'.