Jerusalem Post - Iran Orders Hanging of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani

By Benjamin Weinthal, JPost.com

Jay Sekulow, the chief counsel for the Washington-based American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ), said on Wednesday, “We are hearing reports from our contacts in Iran that the execution orders for Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani may have been issued.” . . .

The ACLJ has closely monitored the case and has previously translated Iranian legal documents.

Sekulow added, “It is unclear whether Pastor Youcef would have a right of appeal from the execution order. We know that the head of Iran’s Judiciary, Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, must approve publicly held executions, but only a small percentage of executions are held in public – most executions in Iran are conducted in secret.”

There has been a dramatic increase of executions in the Islamic Republic over the last month, Sekulow said. . . .

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