Contents tagged with Tweet for Youcef
Filed in: Iran | by Anna Sekulow | 11:19 AM May. 3, 2012
2 Million Strong for Pastor Youcef
The ACLJ’s Tweet for Youcef campaign is now reaching more than 2 million Twitter accounts worldwide. Yesterday, we told you that we needed 46 more people to sign up to Tweet for Youcef, and well over 100 of you responded. Thank you for joining this critical effort for Pastor Youcef’s freedom. Thank you as well to the thousands of you who have signed up to Tweet for Youcef. You are making a tremendous difference in the fight for the life of Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who fa Continue Reading...
Filed in: Iran | by Matthew Clark | 2:44 PM May. 2, 2012
We Need 46 More People to Tweet for Youcef
The ACLJ's Tweet for Youcef campaign is reaching across the globe. The number of Twitter accounts being reached every day for Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has skyrocketed to 1,988,821 in just three months. Now we are the verge of a great milestone: reaching 2 million a day. We are 11,179 Twitter followers away from the 2 million mark. On average, the thousands of people who have already signed up have 241 Twitter followers. With that average in mind, we need just 46 more people to sign u Continue Reading...
Filed in: Iran | by Anna Sekulow | 3:37 PM Apr. 27, 2012
Tweet for Youcef Reaches 1.9 Million Worldwide
The ACLJ’s Tweet for Youcef campaign is now reaching 1.5 million Twitter accounts around the world with daily updates and information in English about Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani. In addition, our Tweet for Youcef campaign in Brazil is reaching more than 400,000 Twitter accounts each day with updates in Portuguese. Pastor Youcef still faces execution in Iran for his Christian faith. He has now been illegally imprisoned for his faith for 928 days, in violation of Iranian and interna Continue Reading...
Filed in: Iran | by Matthew Clark | 12:48 PM Apr. 17, 2012
Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani Sees His Family
Last week Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani spent his 35th birthday in prison in Iran, illegally detained and facing execution for his faith. What we were unable to tell you last week is a rare piece of good news for the persecuted pastor. Our sources in Iran have confirmed to the ACLJ that Pastor Youcef was allowed to see his entire family on his birthday. This was a rare family reunion in the jail where he has been held for more than two and a half years since he was arrested for questioning the Musl Continue Reading...
Filed in: Iran | by Tiffany Barrans | 1:25 PM Apr. 11, 2012
Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani Spends 35th Birthday Behind Bars
Today, is Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s birthday, and our sources in Iran confirm that he is still alive. Thirty-five years ago, on the 23rd of the Farvardin month of the Persian Calendar, Youcef was born in Iran. This is the third birthday that Pastor Youcef has been forced to celebrate behind bars, condemned to death in Iran for apostasy – becoming a Christian in a regime governed by Shariah (Islamic) law. Tomorrow, marks exactly two and a half years of imprisonment – 913 days Continue Reading...
Filed in: Iran | by Matthew Clark | 2:44 PM Apr. 2, 2012
Pastor Youcef Sees His Son on His Son’s Birthday
Today is Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s son’s birthday. While he didn’t get the present he really wanted, his father’s freedom, he did receive a very special gift. Pastor Youcef’s son was able to visit his father in prison. This was not only a birthday present for his son, but serves as an early birthday present for Pastor Youcef, who will celebrate his 35th birthday and the two-and a half year mark of his imprisonment next week. Over the course of Pastor Youcef’ Continue Reading...
Filed in: Iran | by Anna Sekulow | 1:46 PM Mar. 26, 2012
Youcef Still Alive Despite False Execution Rumors - 900 Days
The ACLJ has received confirmation that Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani is alive in Iran as of today, March 26, 2012. New false reports about Pastor Youcef’s execution continue to surface – whether these reports originate from a misinformation campaign initiated by the Iranian regime or just uninformed sources is unknown. Many of these false reports stem from an inaccurate image being circulated on various blogs and social media sites of an Iranian man of Pastor Youcef’s age standin Continue Reading...
Filed in: Iran | by Anna Sekulow | 3:55 PM Mar. 16, 2012
Pastor Youcef Alive as ACLJ Launches Tweet for Youcef Brazil
The ACLJ launched a new Tweet for Youcef page in Portuguese in response to the incredible show of support we have seen from the people of Brazil. Just as we launched this important international social media tool, we received new confirmation from our contacts on the ground that Pastor Youcef was still alive as of this afternoon in Iran. The people of Brazil were the first outside of the U.S. to join the Tweet for Youcef campaign, and were instrumental in spreading it around the world. Like th Continue Reading...
Filed in: Iran | by Matthew Clark | 1:53 PM Mar. 15, 2012
Youcef Alive as International Pressure Expands
Our sources on the ground in Iran confirmed to the ACLJ that Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani is still alive as of Tuesday evening this week. International pressure continues to build calling for the release of this persecuted pastor on death row in Iran for his Christian faith. Last week, Jordan Sekulow, ACLJ Executive Director, met with the Vice President of Brazil and other government officials who assured the ACLJ that they are working diplomatically with Iran to secure Pastor Youcef’s immed Continue Reading...
Filed in: Iran | by Jordan Sekulow | 9:43 AM Mar. 8, 2012
Brazil Stands With Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani
Our international efforts to free Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who faces death by hanging because of his Christian beliefs, continue to grow each day. Now, there has been a critical development by a South American nation that has both economic and diplomatic relations with Iran, adding to the mounting international pressure for Pastor Youcef’s release. I have been in Brazil this week meeting with government officials and participating in interviews with the news media - generating su Continue Reading...
