The Christian Today website reports today (October 31, 2010) that a U.S. government body -- responsible for monitoring religious freedom in the world -- is urging the Obama administration to demand that Iran release a Christian pastor who is facing execution for apostasy.
"The Obama administration should press Iran to release Youcef Nadarkhani, who has been jailed for over one year," expressed the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in a statement on October 29.
"This case is further evidence that there is no transparency or justice in Iran's so-called legal system for religious minorities," said USCIRF Chair Leonard Leo.
Nadarkhani, leader of a church network in Rasht, Iran, was arrested on October 13, 2009, after he objected to the practice of forcing Christian school students -- including his own children -- to read the Koran. He argued that the Iranian constitution gives parents the right to raise children in their own faith.
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