The Resilient Flame: Mina Khajavi and the Faith That Wouldn’t Flicker
Somewhere behind closed doors, in a quiet home tucked between Tehran’s streets, a woman knelt in prayer.
No fanfare. No microphones.
Just faith—spoken softly in a language of hope.
This is Mina Khajavi.
A Christian convert.
A mother.
A woman who was imprisoned simply for believing.
In June 2020, she was arrested during a wave of coordinated raids targeting house churches in Tehran, Karaj, and Malayer.
Blindfolded. Interrogated. Held in an unknown location for 20 days.
When she was finally released, they left her in an unfamiliar street. She had to borrow a stranger’s phone just to call her family.
But that was only the beginning.
She was sentenced to six years in prison on June 7, 2022.
Her appeal was rejected in August and they gave her just 24 hours to report to prison.
She obeyed, but life had intervened in a way the state couldn’t anticipate.
In the days before her summons, Mina had suffered a serious fall and broken her leg. She arrived at the prison on crutches—bruised, but unbending.
Seeing the severity of her condition, authorities granted her a rare reprieve: six weeks at home to heal before reporting back to serve her sentence.
Even while physically broken, Mina’s courage never wavered. She walked the path of persecution on a fractured limb, but with an unshaken spirit.
Still, the regime made it clear: practicing Christianity, even in silence, is considered a threat.
Mina’s story is not an isolated one. It is part of a growing pattern—one where prayer becomes a crime, and worship, an act of resistance.
But she remains unbroken.
Because belief, when rooted in truth, is a flame that cannot be extinguished.
What You Can Do:
Donate any amount and remember her name: Mina Khajavi.
Defend freedom of faith: Advocate for the right of religious freedom.
Demand justice for all faith prisoners: Use the hashtag #FreeMinaKhajavi to call for global attention and release.
Let no woman be punished for praying.
