Washington D.C., Feb 22, 2012 / 15:16 pm
Iranian authorities may have issued an execution order for a pastor jailed for refusing to renounce his Christian faith.
“The news out of Iran is not encouraging,” said Jordan Sekulow, executive director of the American Center for Law and Justice.
The D.C.-based human rights organization said that it has received information from its contacts in Iran that execution orders for Yousef Nadarkhani may have been issued.
A spokesman for the organization told CNA that Nadarkhani was still alive as of Feb. 21.