Marziyeh Amirizadeh

Marziyeh Amirizadeh is an Iranian-American author whose imprisonment in Iran's Evin Prison attracted international attention and concern. In 2009, Amirizadeh and Maryam Rostampour were sentenced to execution by hanging for converting to Christianity in Iran. They were detained in the notorious Evin Prison for 259 days where they were tortured and interrogated.

After gaining freedom, Amirizadeh and Rostampour wrote ''Captive in Iran'' which detailed their experiences.

Amirizadeh became an American citizen in 2016 and campaigned in the 2022 Georgia House of Representatives election as a Republican. In 2022, she also completed her second book, ''A Love Journey with God'', , , which details her difficult upbringing and journey to Christianity as well as further details of her imprisonment in Iran.

Amirizadeh is currently the president of New Persia which is a non-profit organisation which advocates on behalf of persecuted Christians and women who are oppressed under deep-seated misogyny. It also seeks to expose the Iranian Islamic regime’s influence in the United States and other countries, to preserve democracy that is being threatened in the West by extremist Islam, and to bless Israel and promote restoration of the once bright historic relationships between Persians, Jews and Christians, and Iran and Israel. Provided by Wikipedia
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