US Condemns Iran’s Religious Persecution Amid Hunger Strike by Jailed Catholic Woman
Ghazal Marzban, a Catholic prisoner in Tehran’s Evin prison, is on hunger strike as Christian arrests surge and the US calls for the release of political detainees.
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Ghazal Marzban, a Catholic prisoner in Tehran’s Evin prison, is on hunger strike as Christian arrests surge and the US calls for the release of political detainees.
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