TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)– Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has rejected an offer to be released from prison if he publicly acknowledges Islam’s prophet Mohammed as “a messenger sent by God” well-informed Christians and rights activists said Friday, January 13.
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Iranian Authorities Pressuring Jailed Christian Pastor to Convert to Islam, Sources Say
Fox News – Government officials in Iran are trying to convince a jailed pastor to return to Islam as he waits for the nation’s supreme leader to decide whether he should be executed for converting to Christianity, sources close to the case told FoxNews.com.
Iranian pastor’s case returned for further investigation
Iran’s Supreme Court says the case of Youcef Nadarkhani, an Iranian pastor charged with apostasy, is incomplete.
Iran’s Death Penalty for Christian Pastor Violates the Quran
In Iran, Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani faces the death penalty for the “crime” of leaving Islam as a teenager and converting to Christianity.
Germany summons Iran envoy to demand pastor’s release
Germany summoned the Iranian charge d’affaires to demand a stay of execution for a pastor who has refused to give up Christianity and return to Islam, the foreign ministry said late Thursday.
Iran pastor guilty of being a ‘Zionist, traitor’: official
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iranian pastor Yusef Nadarkhani should face the death penalty for being a traitorous “Zionist” and committing “security crimes,” not for apostasy, an official said Friday according to Fars news agency, amid a Western outcry over his sentence.
Iran Detains Evangelical Pastor; Whereabouts Unknown
BosNewsLife – The whereabouts of an evangelical pastor in Iran remained unknown Saturday, August 27, some 10 days after he was detained by Iranian security forces as part of a reported government crackdown on Christian converts, BosNewsLife established.
Christian Pastor Facing Execution in Iran
Iran’s Supreme Court says an evangelical pastor charged with apostasy can be executed if he does not recant his faith, according to a copy of the verdict obtained by a religious rights activist group.
Iran ‘annuls death term’ for Christian pastor
Christian Armenian Iranian women select a Christmas tree in Tehran in 2001. Iran’s supreme court has overturned a death sentence handed down to Yusef Nadarkhani, a Christian pastor accused of apostasy for having converted from Islam, his lawyer told AFP on Sunday.