Nayereh Arjaneh, a Christian convert living in Iran, began serving a five-year prison term on Dec. 23 because of her faith. Christian converts are often targets of imprisonment, false accusations, mistreatment, and torture under the Iranian regime, with hundreds of Christ followers targeted by Iranian authorities in 2025 alone. According to the International Society for Human Rights, “arrests, interrogations, and ill-treatment during detention were particularly brutal” in 2024. Arjaneh and her husband, Qasem Esmaili, were arrested on July 7, 2025, after they attended a Christian training event in Turkey.