State Dept: Release pastor jailed for 1,000 days, sentenced to death in Iran

[cbayer]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/10/world/meast/iran-detained-pastor/index.html



By Ed Payne, CNN
updated 5:23 AM EDT, Tue July 10, 2012

(CNN) -- It has been more than 1,000 days since a Christian pastor was thrown into an Iranian jail for leaving Islam and sentenced to death for, as the U.S. State Department put it, "simply following his faith."

On Monday, the agency once again called on Iran to release Youcef Nadarkhani.

"Pastor Nadarkhani still faces the threat of execution for simply following his faith, and we repeat our call for Iranian authorities to release him immediately," said a statement from State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.

His next scheduled court date is September 8.

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[dimbear]

1. The Iranian judges are simply following their faith.

A counterindicator of the value of that system of decision.