Jerusalem Post - Iran Releases Pastor Arrested on Christmas

By Benjamin Weinthal, JPost.com

The Iranian authorities released Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani on Monday after a second period of incarceration due to his Christian beliefs.

Jordan Sekulow, the executive director of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), wrote in a post on his organization’s website that “a leader in Pastor Youcef’s church has confirmed to the ACLJ that Iranian authorities released Pastor Youcef from prison shortly after 1:30 p.m. near Rasht, Iran.”

The authorities rearrested Nadarkhani on Christmas. . . .

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