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Muslim leader: Iran’s death penalty for Christian pastor violates treaties,...

Editor's Note: With its plans to execute Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, Iran's Shi'ite Muslim government is violating not only international treaties, but the very teachings of the Prophet...

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Exiled Christian Iranians receive death threats

Eleven Iranian Christians who fled their homeland for fear of the government have received threatening emails calling on them to renounce Christianity and return to Shi'ite Islam -- or be killed. The...

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Muslim expert: Let the pastor go free!

"Here we go again: an Iranian Pastor, Youcef Nadarkhani, faces execution if he does not recant his conversion to Christianity," writes Beliefnet's Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa. "Last year, Mr. Nadarkhani...

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Decision on Iranian pastor’s execution now up to Supreme Leader Ayatollah...

The final verdict for condemned Christian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani is now in the hands of Iran’s Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei, according to the French news agency Agence France-Presse. "The...

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Christian pastor condemned to death awaits Ayatollah’s decision

The fate of Youcef Nadarkhani, the Iranian Christian pastor condemned to death for refusing to convert to Islam, awaits a decision by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Nadarkhani was first...

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Conflicting reports swirl as Iranian Christian pastor condemned to death...

Has the Iranian Supreme Court annulled  Christian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani's controversial death sentence? Apparently not. On October 11, Mohabat News, the Iranian Christian news agency announced on...

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Iran official says illegal churches harm youth

As the anniversary of Iran's 2010 Christmas raids on Christian homes and house-based churches approaches, Iran's minister of intelligence has announced that underground Evangelical churches pose a...

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Is Iran about to drag us into Armageddon?

Should we be worried that Iran is about to tip the entire world into World War III?  Are some folks reading far too much into all of today’s saber-rattling? Are they drawing wild conclusions from...

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Is religion to blame for the world’s violence?

Just a few days ago, a car loaded with explosives attempted to get access to the First Evangelical Church Winning All in Kaduna, Nigeria. However, the suicide bomber's car with a military uniform...

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Iran’s mad imams should be given nukes?

With the Iranian army practicing mock missile strikes on U.S. bases in Afghanistan, China only begrudgingly joining the European Union’s sanctions against Tehran, and the Israeli air force calculating...

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