{
  "id": 19355543,
  "title": "Iranian Christian convert recounts being told she would be executed for apostasy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/iranian-christian-convert-recounts-being-told-she-would-be-executed",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-10T16:04:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/podcast/article-914482"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Marziyeh Amirizadeh, an Iranian author and dissident, recently described her imprisonment and the threat of execution for converting to Christianity in a conversation on The Jerusalem Post's Sits Down With podcast. In her account, Amirizadeh emphasized that her life is ultimately in God's hands, not the judge's. She also expressed her view that the judge was not fighting with her personally, but rather with God.\n\nAmirizadeh was arrested in 2009 after years of operating underground churches and covertly distributing Bibles across Tehran. She estimated that she and a fellow Christian had distributed around 20,000 Bibles, often tucking them into mailboxes at night. Following her arrest, Amirizadeh was held for 14 days in an underground detention facility before facing court.\n\nDuring her trial, a judge accused her of apostasy and threatened her with execution by hanging. Marziyeh Amirizadeh recounted her experiences growing up under the Islamic Republic, including being forced to chant \"Death to America\" and \"Death to Israel\" at school. She noted that these chants conflicted with the values her parents instilled in her, namely love and respect for others. The full article is expected to be published in next week's issue, with the second part of the interview to be released on YouTube.",
  "summary": "Amirizadeh was arrested in 2009 after years of running underground churches and secretly distributing Bibles across Tehran.",
  "key_points": [
    "Marziyeh Amirizadeh, Iranian author, imprisoned for converting to Christianity",
    "Threatened with execution by hanging during 2009 trial",
    "Distributed 20,000 Bibles secretly across Tehran"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}