Iranian Officials Pressure Imprisoned Pastor to Return to Islam

TEHRAN, IRAN (Worthy News)– Iranian officials are trying to convince an imprisoned pastor to return to Islam while he awaits word from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on whether he should be executed for converting to Christianity.

Recently these officials presented a book of Islamic literature to Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani at his cell in Rasht, informing him that they will return to discuss it.

The book, titled “Message of the Two Eras,” refers to both the New and Old Testaments; it claims Christianity is a fabrication, thus Islam is superior to it.

Attorney Tiffany Barrans, international legal director for the American Center for Law and Justice, questioned whether this latest move showed the ayatollah’s willingness to give Nadarkhani another chance, or was merely another way for Khamenei to convict Nadarkhani for leaving Islam, a crime pusinable by death.