CNS News - U.S. Lawmakers Challenge Iran to Spare a Christian Pastor’s Life

By Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews.com

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday will take up a bipartisan resolution calling on Iran to spare the life of an Iranian Christian pastor sentenced to death for “apostasy.”. . .

“It is this immense pressure that continues to keep Pastor Youcef alive,” said Jordan Sekulow, executive director of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which has led international advocacy for Nadarkhani. . . .

The ACLJ’s petition urging all members of Congress to support the resolution on Pastor Youcef has received more than 171,000 signatures. . . .

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