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Washington Post: Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani Faces Potential Execution...

From Jordan Sekulow's blog Religious Right Now at The Washington Post's "On Faith": Just days after Iran released two Americans accused of spying, an Iranian court has upheld the apostasy conviction...

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Now that he’s out of Iran, synagogue dares to reveal hiker Josh Fattal is one...

When hiker Josh Fattal was finally released after being held for two years in Iran, his friends and family -- and particularly his synagogue -- could finally reveal a secret kept under wraps even by...

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Muslim leader: Iran’s death penalty for Christian pastor violates treaties,...

Editor's Note: With its plans to execute Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, Iran's Shi'ite Muslim government is violating not only international treaties, but the very teachings of the Prophet...

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Exiled Christian Iranians receive death threats

Eleven Iranian Christians who fled their homeland for fear of the government have received threatening emails calling on them to renounce Christianity and return to Shi'ite Islam -- or be killed. The...

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Muslim expert: Let the pastor go free!

"Here we go again: an Iranian Pastor, Youcef Nadarkhani, faces execution if he does not recant his conversion to Christianity," writes Beliefnet's Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa. "Last year, Mr. Nadarkhani...

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Decision on Iranian pastor’s execution now up to Supreme Leader Ayatollah...

The final verdict for condemned Christian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani is now in the hands of Iran’s Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei, according to the French news agency Agence France-Presse. "The...

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Christian pastor condemned to death awaits Ayatollah’s decision

The fate of Youcef Nadarkhani, the Iranian Christian pastor condemned to death for refusing to convert to Islam, awaits a decision by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Nadarkhani was first...

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Conflicting reports swirl as Iranian Christian pastor condemned to death...

Has the Iranian Supreme Court annulled  Christian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani's controversial death sentence? Apparently not. On October 11, Mohabat News, the Iranian Christian news agency announced on...

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Iran’s mad imams should be given nukes?

With the Iranian army practicing mock missile strikes on U.S. bases in Afghanistan, China only begrudgingly joining the European Union’s sanctions against Tehran, and the Israeli air force calculating...

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ABC News’ Christiane Amanpour: Not your ordinary Christmases

Christmas has unique memories for international journalist Christiane Amanpour, the ABC News Global Affairs Anchor. As a small child, she remembers wonderful times, “my family with a Christmas tree and...

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