Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh

Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh were sentenced to execution by hanging in 2009 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, the two women 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, ISBN 979-8985463170,, which details her difficult upbringing and journey to Christianity as well as further details of her imprisonment in Iran.