Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani Gets Final Execution Order
Writer Daniel Tovrov writes:
Nadarkhani has been waiting in limbo for this verdict for months. After turning down four separate chances to convert to Islam to save his life, Iranian officials delayed their sentencing, leaving the pastor to await his fate inside a cell in Iran’s Gilan province. But now, Nadarkhani could be executed within days.
“They are threatening to execute a pastor who is, in my opinion, totally innocent,” said U.S. Representative Joseph Pitts (R. - PA), who is sponsoring a congressional resolution to call for Nadarkhani’s freedom.
“He’s facing the threat of execution on false charges just because of his religious belief. He’s willing to face the hangman’s noose over this.”
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