Source/Credit: UK Government
By UK Gov | September 28, 2011
Edited by Ahmadiyya Times | Imran Jattala
Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken following reports that Iranian Church Leader Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani faces a death sentence after refusing an order to recant his faith.
Speaking today the Foreign Secretary said:
“I deplore reports that Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, an Iranian Church leader, could be executed imminently after refusing an order by the Supreme Court of Iran to recant his faith. This demonstrates the Iranian regime’s continued unwillingness to abide by its constitutional and international obligations to respect religious freedom. I pay tribute to the courage shown by Pastor Nadarkhani who has no case to answer and call on the Iranian authorities to overturn his sentence.”According to Nina Shea, director of the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom, in 2009 Pastor Nadarkhani tried to register his church with authorities but instead of permission to organize a church he was ordered arrested.
His defense lawyer Mohammed Ali Dadkhah was charged with crimes of “actions and propaganda against the Islamic regime” and was sentenced in July to nine years imprisonment.
He is now appealing, writes Shea.
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