Iran: bookseller was lashed and jailed for selling Bible

I pray that he will be released from prison and that while in there, he will be given opportunities to witness for the Risen Lord of glory.



Reports from Iran indicate that a citizen from Bukan named Mustafa was arrested, imprisoned, and lashed on charges of selling the Bible. 
As part of enforcing Sharia laws after the Islamic Revolution, the Iranian regime has banned books with Christian content including Bibles. 
At first he was fined and forced to pay 200 million toman bail. However, informed sources say that he was summoned to detention a few days later and is held in the Bukan Central Prison. 
Bukan is a Kurdish town in West Azerbaijan Province in northwestern Iran. 
Dozens of Iranian citizens have been arrested and sent to prison on charges of acting against national security through the propaganda of Christianity this year(Continue here).