CNSNews - Execution Looms for Iranian Pastor Who Refuses to Renounce His Christian Faith

By By Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews.com

An Iranian pastor who refuses to renounce his Christian faith could be hanged as soon as Wednesday, after a trial court ruling this week upheld his death sentence for “apostasy.”

Religious freedom advocates are calling urgently for governments to take up the case of Youcef Nadarkhani, a 32-year-old evangelical first sentenced to death late last year. If the sentence is carried out he will be the first Iranian Christian known to have been executed for his faith in 21 years. . . .

American Center for Law and Justice executive director Jordan Sekulow said Monday the ACLJ was “continuing to work with Members of Congress and are urging the State Department to get involved” to save Nadarkhani’s life.

“The ACLJ’s sources report although Pastor Youcef’s attorneys will attempt to appeal the case, there is no guarantee that the provincial court will not act on its own interpretation of shari’a law and execute pastor Youcef as early as Wednesday,” Sekulow wrote. . . .

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