International Business Times - Youcef Nadarkhani Still in Danger: Ayatollah Khamenei to be his Final Judge

By Daniel Tovrov, IBTimes.com

The fate of Youcef Nadarkhani, the Iranian pastor sentenced to death for refusing to convert to Islam, now belongs to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Nadarkhani was first arrested in 2009 and then sentenced to death in 2010, and the case has risen as high as Iran's supreme court. But, as international attention and pressure increases, Iran is turning to its highest religious and political authority. Ayatollah Khamenei could decide if Nadarkhani will be hanged according to Iranian law as early as Monday night. . . .

"We can be certain if the lies spread by Iran were true -- that Youcef was instead convicted of rape, extortion, and Zionism -- the court would not seek the advice of the Supreme Ayatollah," American Center for Law and Justice executive director Jordan Sekulow said. . . .

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