Christian Post - Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani: 'I'm Alive Because of God's Will and Your Prayers'

By Katherine Weber, ChristianPost.com

At a recent national conference in London, newly freed Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani expressed immense gratitude to his many supporters who prayed for his release during his three-year imprisonment, saying that he is alive today because of "what your prayers did for me."

"It is the opportunity for me to share about what the Lord did for me and to thank you because you supported me by your prayers, you supported my family in a very difficult time," Nadarkhani, 35, told those in attendance at the persecution watchdog group Christian Solidarity Worldwide's National Conference in London in early November. . . .

"As the world awakened to the realities of religious persecution in Iran when the masses fought for Pastor Youcef's freedom, we must now shift our attention to defend those who defend the persecuted," Tiffany Barrans, International Legal Director for the ACLJ, previously told The Christian Post. . . .

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