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Compiled from reports in Worthy News and Premier Christian News Iranian evangelical house church movement leader Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani has been released as part of a national amnesty issued by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to commemorate the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The Church of Iran pastor was […]
Originally published in Fox News.com Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has spoken out in a letter of thanks to his supporters around the world after his release from the Iranian prison where he was held for three years for refusing to renounce his faith. (See letter below) The carefully worded, […]
Originally published in Fox News The Christian pastor on death row in Iran has reportedly written a letter thanking his supporters and blasting those who he said use “insulting words” against Islam in what he considers a misguided effort to help his cause. Washington-based human rights group American Center for […]
Originally published in Worthy News Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s Iranian attorney has been convicted of defending the rights of religious prisoners in the Islamic state and may soon begin serving a lengthy sentence. Mohammad Ali Dadkhah was sentenced to nine years in prison and banned from practicing law for another 10. […]
By Dan Wooding — Originally published in Assist News Service Yesterday (April 11, 2012), was Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s birthday, and sources in Iran confirm that he is still alive. Thirty-five years ago, on the 23rd of the Farvardin month of the Persian Calendar, Youcef was born in Iran. Tiffany Barrans, […]
By Michael Ireland — Originally published in ASSIST News Service RASHT, IRAN — Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani recently refused an offer to secure his own release by agreeing to state that the Muslim prophet Mohammed was a messenger sent by God. Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) says lawyers for Pastor Nadarkhani […]