Iranian flag waving with cityscape on background in Tehran, Iran | Getty images/stock photo Authorities in Iran have released a 37-year-old Iranian Christian convert four months early after he tested positive for COVID-19, according to a report, which said he was arrested in 2017 for being part of a house church and doing evangelism. Majidreza Souzanchi, who was arrested in 2017 for his association with a house church and being involved in evangelism, was released from Tehran Greater Prison on April 8, about four months before he was to be released after he contracted COVID-19 in that prison, International Christian Response reported on Friday.