Catholic News Agency - UN Calls for Release of Iranian Pastor, Reform of Penal Code

By Michelle Bauman, CatholicNewsAgency.com

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran has spoken out against the death sentence given to Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani and numerous other alleged human rights violations carried out by regime. . . .

The U.N. official urged Iranian officials to consider releasing Nadarkhani, along with other individuals who have reportedly been arrested and prosecuted by the regime. . . .

Nadarkhani’s attorney, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, told the American Center for Law and Justice that he has received a nine-year prison sentence for representing cases such as Nadarkhani’s. . . .

According to an Oct. 14 statement from the Center for Law and Justice, Dadkhah also said that the Iranian regime was threatening him for embarrassing the country and judicial system and that he “may no longer be able to speak freely to the American press.”

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