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Laleh Saati

  • Overseas Conversion Leads to Prison Sentence
    The entrance to the Evin Prison
    Evin Prison, where Laleh is being held.
    Photo: Flickr / sbzphoto (cc)

    For some time, an Iranian woman named Laleh Saati lived in Malaysia and, while there, she was baptized as a Christian. Not wanting to return to Iran, Laleh applied for asylum, but the process continued to drag on without resolution. Frustrated with the delay, as well as missing her elderly parents, she returned to Iran in 2017.