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Abby Ohlheiser:  The State Department has weighed in on the case of Iranian Christian pastor, Youcef Nadarkhani, who was arrested in 2009 and sentenced to death for apostasy.  He’d be the first executed for that reason in Iran since 1990.  But this month, the Iranian Supreme Court offered him a way out: they’ve overturned the death penalty sentence, sent the case back to a lower court, and asked the pastor to repent.  The interesting part of the story is how Nadarkhani’s case has become part of an international game of chicken for power. Continue Reading →

Abby Ohlheiser:  The State Department has weighed in on the case of Iranian Christian pastor, Youcef Nadarkhani, who was arrested in 2009 and sentenced to death for apostasy.  He’d be the first executed for that reason in Iran since 1990.  But this month, the Iranian Supreme Court offered him a way out: they’ve overturned the death penalty sentence, sent the case back to a lower court, and asked the pastor to repent.  The interesting part of the story is how Nadarkhani’s case has become part of an international game of chicken for power. Continue Reading →