3 Christians detained for months for practicing religion

Human Rights Activists
Three Christians who were arrested on March 8, 2010 who were on their way to participate in a religious ceremony in Bojnourd were arrested and despite the release of 8 other jailed Christians, three are still detained.
According to reports, Ehsan Behrouz along with a person identified as Reza who is a caretaker of a home church in Mashhad and his wife are still detained by the Ministry of Intelligence in this city. Ehsan Behrouz who recently had a visit with his mother told her that he was under pressure to sign a written pledge to deny his faith. He also said that he is kept in a solitary cell in the Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad

تدوام نگهداري سه شهروند مسيحي در زندان وکيل آباد مشهد
سه تن از شهروندان مسيحي که در روز 17 اسفند ماه به قصد شرکت در يک مراسم مذهبي در شهر بجنورد عازم اين شهر بودند بازداشت شدند و علي رغم آزادي 8 تن از اين هموطنان سه تن از آنها همچنان در بازداشت بسر مي برند.
بنا به اطلاع گزارشگران هرانا، احسان بهروز، به همراه فردي به نام رضا که گفته مي شود از خادمين يک کليساي خانگي در مشهد است به همراه همسرش کماکان در بازداشت وزارت اطلاعات اين شهر قرار دارند.
احسان بهروز که به تازگي موفق به ملاقات با مادرش شده است در ملاقات حضوري با مادرش گفته است که براي نوشتن تعهد کتبي و انکار ايمانش تحت فشار قرار دارد وي هم چنين اعلام کرد که در زندان وکيل آباد و در سلول انفرادي نگهداري مي شود. (هرانا – 9/5/89)