Please pray for Iranian believer Youcef Nadarkhani

Iranian Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has been sentenced to death for the crime of apostasy from Islam. The sentence, death by hanging, was recently upheld by the Iranian Supreme Court; however, the sentence is unlikely to be carried out before September. The following is the latest update from Voice of the Martyrs:

Death Sentence Annulled Temporarily

On Sunday, Iran's supreme court has overturned a death sentence handed down to Youcef Nadarkhani.

"The supreme court has annulled the death sentence and sent the case back to the court in Rasht, asking the accused to repent," Mohammad Ali Dadkhah said.

The court’s decision will lift the death sentence only if Youcef recants his Christian faith. It is not clear what will happen if he does not recant.

Youcef’s lawyer was also sentenced on Sunday to nine years in jail and a 10-year ban on practicing law or teaching at university for "actions and propaganda against the Islamic regime".

View more information on Youcef Nadarkhani's "prisoner alert" profile:
http://www.prisoneralert.com/pprofiles/vp_prisoner_214_profile.html