Update on the reported release of two Christian convert women from Islam, Maryam Rustampoor and Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad, who Elam Ministries states were ” released from Evin Prison in Tehran on November 18 at 3:30 pm [local time], without bail.”  Elam Ministries reports: “However, they may yet have to face a court hearing and still need our prayers. ‘Words are not enough to express our gratitude to the Lord and to His people who have prayed and worked for our release,’ they said.”

— Ms. Maryam Rustampoor (27) and Ms. Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad (30), were arrested for their religious beliefs in Christianity in Iran on March 5, 2009

— See previous R.E.A.L reports on Maryam and Marzieh