Iranian Christian Bloggers Missing: FCNN

Iranian Christian Bloggers Missing: FCNN

At the same time that the Iranian government is mulling capital punishment for "offensive bloggers, reports have emerged that two Iranian Christian bloggers are missing. Conspiracy theories abound, but what is known, according to the Farsi Christian News Network (FCNN), is that two Iranian Christian men and one of the men's sisters were tricked by a man masquerading as a priest, lured to a secluded location, and arrested. From FCNN:

According to information received by the Farsi Christian News Network (FCNN), a 30 years old Christian man by the name of Mazaher R., who had been active in web-blogging and Christian evangelism via internet, was befriended by a person who was a local resident of Isfahan and introduced himself as Pastor Reza.

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After a considerable travel to this location, this alleged pastor mentions that the location arrived at was his home church building. Upon entering the alleged house, the 3 Christians were attacked by plain clothes officers, blindfolded, handcuffed, and taken away to unknown location.

Following this incident, on February 5th, a day after the arrests, plain clothes officers entered the home of Mazaher's father and confiscated computers, printers, and several CD disks.

Tellingly, the sister was released a week later after she was interrogated and determined to be an innocent bystander with no involvement in the blogging.

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