Youcef Nadarkhani reunited with family after court acquits him of apostasy, which carries death sentence under Sharia law
An Iranian Christian pastor who refused to renounce his faith after being sentenced to death for apostasy has been released from prison.
Youcef Nadarkhani, 35, was released from prison on Saturday and reunited with his family after a court in the northern city of Rasht, the capital of Iran's Gilan province, acquitted him of apostasy, which carried the death sentence under Iran's Sharia law.
"Nadarkhani was acquitted of apostasy but instead charged with acting against the national security and therefore sentenced to three years in jail," a reliable source in Rasht, who asked not to be named for fear of government reprisal, told the Guardian. "But because he had already served three years in prison, he was allowed to go home."
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Released pastors have been murdered
by maghshoosh on Sun Sep 09, 2012 03:04 PM PDTHopefully, Naderkhani will not meet the fate of some of the previous Christian pastors or bishops who were either accused of apostasy but were officially released from detention or who'd been outspoken about such arrests, only to be found murdered by "unknown elements," such as what happened w/ Mehdi Dibaj, Haik Hovespian Mehr and Mohammad Bagher Yusefi.
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by yolanda on Sat Sep 08, 2012 10:29 PM PDTHis release is currently top news on CNN:
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I am glad that his case got world-wide attention which lead to his eventual release! I hope Nasrin will get released soon!
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by yolanda on Sat Sep 08, 2012 01:33 PM PDT"An Iranian Christian pastor who refused to renounce his faith after being sentenced to death for apostasy has been released from prison."
I am glad he beat the death sentence!
IRI lost again! International pressure worked! This guy has a lot of supporters on facebook!