Persecution

4:55 a.m., 19 Mehr/October 11 According to a statement posted on Iran’s judiciary website, pastor Yousef Nadarkhani’s death sentence has been revoked by the High Court.Nadarkhani, 33, was arrested and sentenced to death in Iran’s northern city of Rasht in 2009.

Reports differ on Nadarkhani’s status and next steps.

“Wood High Principal Cliff McGraw agreed that Cuckovich [the teacher ] went overboard in his punishment.”

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/28/iranian-pastor-faces-execution-… “An Iranian pastor who has refused to renounce his Christian faith faces execution as early as Wednesday after his sentence was upheld by an Iranian court.” 

http://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2011/09/21/save_asia_bibi,_… “President Barack Obama … should rally the leaders of all the major Muslim nations — including Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which enjoy close relations with the United States — to call on Pakistan to pardon and free Asia Bibi…”

“Burma, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), Eritrea, Iran, the People’s Republic of China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Uzbekistan were again designated as” Countries of Particular Concern in the area of religious freedom.

“Chinese authorities sentenced Shi Enhao, deputy chairman of the Chinese House Church Alliance and underground pastor, to two years in a labor camp early this week. Charges of holding ‘illegal meetings and illegal organizing of venues for religious meetings’ were levied without trial, and Enhao was denied access to a lawyer.” ChristianityToday

The pastor is facing a death sentence for “apostasy” from Islam.Iranian Pastor Remains on Death Row, Some Reports Say