Save Pastor Saeed Abedini – Brazil Speaks

Pastor Saeed Abedini has been imprisoned in Iran since last July, when he visited Iran to help build an orphanage. Now, people all over the world are speaking out on his behalf. The Iranian-American Pastor Saeed lives with his family in the U.S. and annually visits Iran. He was convicted for his Christian faith and sentenced to 8 years in a notoriously brutal Iranian prison. He has undergone incredible torture and is in danger of being killed because of his faith. We at the CBLJ (Brazilian C... Continue Reading

Filed in: Iran | by Filipe Coelho | 1:17 PM Jun. 22, 2012

BCLJ Urges Evangelical Leaders in Brazil to Fight for Pastor Youcef

On Thursday, June 14th, as the Director of the Brazilian Center for Law & Justice (BCLJ), the ACLJ’s affiliate in Brazil, I met with the President of the Social Christian Party (PSC), Pastor Everaldo Pereira, in the city of Goiânia. One of the issues addressed was the situation of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani who is still imprisoned in Iran for converting to Christianity. Pastor Youcef will have been illegally imprisoned in Iran for 1000 days on July 8th. Once again I asked for Ev... Continue Reading