Iranian Faces Death for Being Christian
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 30th, 2011 4:47 am by HL
Iranian Faces Death for Being Christian
An Iranian pastor faces execution in the country for refusing to renounce his Christian faith. Youcef Nadarkhani, 32, has Islamic ancestry and therefore must recant his faith in Jesus Christ, a provincial court has ruled. Nadarkhani, a pastor in the 400-member Church of Iran, has been held since October 2009 — when he protested to local education authorities that his son was forced to read from the Koran at school.