Iran court likely to revoke pastor's death sentence: lawyer
Reuters / Parisa Hafezi
03-Oct-2011 (one comment)

(Reuters) - Iran's Supreme court is likely to revoke the death sentence passed on a Christian pastor for apostasy, his lawyer said on Monday.

Yousof Nadarkhani, 33, was arrested and sentenced to death in Iran's northern city of Rasht in 2009. An appeals court upheld his sentence last year after he refused to reconvert to Islam, his lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah told Reuters.

"I am optimistic that the Supreme Court in (the holy Shi'ite city of) Qom will drop the case altogether. I am 95 percent sure about it ... the court is on (next) Monday and I think that the court decision will come out next Monday," Dadkhah said.

A branch of Iran's Supreme Court that handles religious matters is located in the central city of Qom.

The United States and Britain's Archbishop of Canterbury have called onIran to save the life of Nadarkhani. Iranian leaders reject claims by Western human rights groups that the Islamic Republic pressures religious minorities.

Nadarkhani, a member of the Protestant evangelical Church of Iran and a father of two, had been given three chances... >>>

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by yolanda on Mon Oct 03, 2011 06:48 PM PDT

He should be acquitted! Hopefully we have good news soon! He is already a hero for standing up to IRI's BS! Iranians are brave!


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