WASHINGTON — Two Iranian converts to Christianity recently spoke of their experiences facing persecution and imprisonment in their country for their religious beliefs. “It’s not just about religion,” ...

Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh were imprisoned in their own country, Iran, for nine months for their Christian faith. Now free, they will share their story at LaCroix Church in Cape ...

For 259 days, Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh were imprisoned for spreading Christianity. After gaining freedom, the two women wrote a chronicle of their journey, "Captive in Iran: A ...

Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh with John Perry. Tyndale Momentum, $22.95 (278p) ISBN 978-1-4143-7120-7 The authors’ Christian evangelism in Iran caused them to suffer unimaginable ...

Virginia Allen is a senior news producer for The Daily Signal and host of "The Daily Signal Podcast" and "Problematic Women." Send an email to Virginia. Marziyeh Amirizadeh says there is only one ...

Maryam Rostampour is an Iranian Christian who survived eight months in Iran's Evin Prison. Marziyeh Amirizaeh is an Iranian Christian who survived persecution and a death sentence from the Iranian ...

“Captive in Iran: A Remarkable True Story of Hope and Triumph amid the Horror of Tehran’s Brutal Evin Prison,” by Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh. Carol Stream, Ill.: Tyndale Momentum, 2014.

Editor's note: The following story has been edited to reflect that both women were born into Muslim families but were not practicing Muslims. Also corrected are the names in the phone call referenced ...

SPRING HILL — Pastor Ray Rouse was reading his latest copy of Israel My Glory magazine last month when he saw a photo of two beautiful, young Iranian women next to a column about Christian persecution ...

Most Americans look at Iran with a mixture of revulsion and fatalism. The regime is about as bad as repressive regimes get, just behind North Korea. Like North Korea, it is working hard to develop a ...

Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh, read by Patty Fogarty. Oasis Audio, unabridged, eight CDS, 10.5 hrs., $29.99 ISBN 978-1-61375-344-6 Rostampour and Amirizadeh spent 259 days in one of the ...

Two Iranian converts to Christianity recently spoke of their experiences facing persecution and imprisonment in their country for their religious beliefs. "It's not just about religion," said Maryam ...