Posts Tagged ‘Iranian’
by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums There are unconfirmed reports that an Iranian pastor sentenced to death for apostasy may have to spend another year in prison. The case of Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani has twice been referred to the Supreme Leader of Iran, who has yet to issue a decision. Christian Solidarity Worldwide [...]
by LlGC ~ NLW There are unconfirmed reports that an Iranian pastor sentenced to death for apostasy may have to spend another year in prison. The case of Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani has twice been referred to the Supreme Leader of Iran, who has yet to issue a decision. Christian Solidarity Worldwide said that a [...]
by North Carolina State Archives Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, defense lawyer for Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, has called on the United Nations and the Pope to apply pressure on Iran for the pastor’s release. “Eighty-nine Members of Congress just sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Clinton urging her to engage the UN and [...]
by Bibliothèque de Toulouse Iran’s Supreme Court in has ordered a re-trial for a pastor sentenced to death for apostasy. Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has refused to recant his faith in Jesus Christ in appeals hearings, despite being told that the death sentence would be overturned if he did so. The sudden turn-around by the [...]
by The Library of Congress The former Bishop of Rochester has written to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to ask that he grant clemency to a pastor sentenced to death for apostasy. Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has been held in Lakan Prison, Rasht, since being found guilty of apostasy in September last year and sentenced to [...]
by The Library of Congress The former Bishop of Rochester has written to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to ask that he grant clemency to a pastor sentenced to death for apostasy. Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has been held in Lakan Prison, Rasht, since being found guilty of apostasy in September last year and sentenced to [...]
by The Royal Library, Denmark Iranian authorities have seized 6,500 copies of the Bible in northwest of Iran. According to Iranian news agency, Mohabat News, Dr Majid Abhari, adviser to the social issues committee of the parliament in Iran, said “these missionaries with reliance on huge money and propaganda are trying to deviate our [...]
by Smithsonian Institution A written verdict from an Iranian court has cast further doubt on reports that the death sentence of an Iranian pastor has been annulled. The US-based Present Truth Ministries said the awaited written verdict had been handed down from the Supreme Court to the lawyer of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who is [...]
by Nationaal Archief Christian Solidarity Worldwide says doubts have been raised over reports that the death penalty has been overturned for an Iranian pastor. The Agence France-Presse reported on Sunday that Iran’s supreme court had decided to annul Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani’s death sentence for apostasy. CSW said Christian, in Christian Family,s in Iran had [...]
by The U.S. National Archives According to Mohabat Christian news agency, authorities entered the newly formed house church meeting in Kermanshah on March 17. It is not clear why the Christians were arrested but it is suspected that they were detained for their Christian beliefs and participation in church gatherings. Mohabat News said the [...]
