So much for there being no compulsion in Islam.
An Iranian high court has upheld the prison sentences of four Christians for converting to the faith from Islam.Abedini is a US citizen.
The decision means Pastor Farhad Sabokrooh, of the Iranian Assemblies of God, his wife Shahnaz Jayzan, and church workers Naser Zaman-Dezfuli and Davoud Alijani have had to return to jail.
They were arrested in December 2011 after their church in the southern town of Ahwaz was raided by authorities during Christmas celebrations.
The four Christians were sentenced to one year in prison by the Revolutionary Court in Ahwaz for "converting to Christianity and propagating against the Islamic regime through evangelism".
They were temporarily released but were summoned to court on 1 May and re-arrested, Christian Solidarity Worldwide reports.
Mr Alijani was transferred to Ahwaz's Karoon Prison to complete his sentence, while Pastor Sabokrooh, Shahnaz Jayzan and Mr Zaman-Dezfuli were taken to Sepidar Prison.
CSW has warned of a crackdown on Christians since last December. Two other Assemblies of God pastors, Farshid Fathi and Saeed Abedini, are being held in Evin prison along with Church of Iran member Alireza Seyyedian and another Christian, Mostafa Bordbar, who was arrested in Tehran in December.
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What they are doing in Iran would be equivalent to jailing all those who convert to Islam from Judaism or Christianity.
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