Rameel Bet Tamarz, an Assyrian citizen, was released from Evin prison
Published by Ali on March 11, 2020
International Liberty Association: According to Christian News Agency, reports from Iran indicate that Ramael Beth Tammarz, son of Pastor Victor Bet Tamraz, has been released from prison on Wednesday, February 27.
It was going to release “Ramil Beth Tammarz”, the Assyrian Christian, on March 22, but he was released about eight days earlier through receiving a leave of absence.
In an interview with the website of Article 5, Dabrina Bet Tamraz, daughter of Pastor Victor, also confirmed the release of her brother and said: many of the prisoners, who should be released less than the next three months, were released due to the crowding and fears of a Coronavirus outbreak.
Rameel Bet Tamarz was sentenced to four months in prison on charges of holding house churches.
The Assyrian Christian spent a month in prison and had sentenced to three months in prison in January this year.
Dabrina Bet Tamraz had previously said that her brother’s morale is very good in prison and she has the opportunity to pray with Youcef Nadarkhani and Naser Navard Gol-Tapeh, two Christian converts, and each of these imprisoned Christians has a short sermon to each other. On Friday, 26 August, 2016, police raided a garden in Firouzkouh, near Tehran, and arrested eighteen Christian citizens there, among whom the trial case of Rameel Bet Tamarz, Amin Afshar Naderi, Hadi Askari, Mohammad Dehnavi and Amir Saman Dashti went to court.
Rameel Bet Tamarz is the son of Pastor Victor, a former leader of the Assyrian Pentecostal Church in ShahrAra in Tehran. He was also detained at a private party on December 26 and charged with acting against national security and espionage. Pastor Victor was also sentenced to four years in prison but was released on bail due to his physical condition.
Shamiram Isawi (wife of Pastor Victor) was also summoned to the Revolutionary Court in June 2017 and was temporarily released on bail of 100 million Tomans. This Christian citizen was also sentenced to 5 years imprisonment on 6 January, 2018 on charges of acting against national security by holding house churches and Christian seminars abroad, and training Christian leaders in Iran on the charge of espionage. He is also awaiting an appeal.
