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Filed in: Iran | by Jordan Sekulow | 3:40 PM May. 14, 2012
Iran Demands Youcef’s Lawyer “Confess on TV”
Iran continues to pressure Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s attorney, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, to confess to crimes he did not commit. A new report indicates that Dadkhah, who has been disbarred and sentenced to 9 years in prison for representing people like pastor Youcef, has been extensively interrogated and pressured to “confess on TV or go to prison.” Dadkhah reportedly told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran: “Tomorrow is my last day to either ma 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 | 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 Tiffany Barrans | 4:19 PM Mar. 12, 2012
Engaging Iran at the United Nations to Free Pastor Youcef
For the first time, the Iranian regime has admitted to the world community that the case against Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani involves his Christian faith and religious activity, as there are new calls at the United Nations (UN) for his immediate release. As I sit in a room full of international media and representatives of UN member states at a meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, listening to Special Rapporteur Dr. Ahmed Shaheed present his report on human rights abuses in Continue Reading...
Filed in: Iran | by Jordan Sekulow | 3:16 PM Mar. 9, 2012
Iran Contradicts Itself Again about Pastor Youcef to Brazil
Brazilian Senator Magno Malta, who has been working diligently within the Brazilian government and diplomatically with Iran for Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s release, has caught the Iranian government contradicting itself. Earlier this week, Senator Malta reported to Brazilian media that he had personally met with Iran’s ambassador to Brazil, Mohamad Ali Ghahezadehao, (pictured above) who had informed him that Pastor Youcef would not be executed for his faith, but that he “was co Continue Reading...
