CNS News - U.S. Gov’t Condemns Iran Over Death Row Pastor, Urges Pressure on Tehran

By Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews.com

Deepening concern about the possibly imminent execution of an Iranian pastor sentenced to death for “apostasy” prompted both the White House and State Department to issue strongly-worded statements Thursday. . . .

“We greatly appreciate the White House’s and State Department's efforts on behalf of Pastor Youcef and join in urging other nations of the world to intervene with the Iranian regime on his behalf,” said executive director Jordan Sekulow. “It is absolutely critical that we continue to place international pressure on Iran for Pastor Youcef’s immediate and unconditional release.”. . .

An ACLJ petition urging all members of Congress to support the resolution had drawn more than 106,000 signatures by early Friday.

ACLJ also is inviting people with Twitter accounts to sign up for a feature that enables the organization to send out one Twitter message a day updating the situation. It says the messages are already reaching more than 600,000 Twitter accounts, in 85 percent of the world's countries. . . .

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