Iranian pastor accused of apostasy is released
Yousef Nadarkhani, the Iranian Christian pastor who was sentenced to death after being found guilty of apostasy, has been released from prison after tireless work by his lawyers and an international outcry regarding his situation. Early in his life, Nadarkhani abandoned his Islamic faith and by age 19 officially converted to Christianity and shortly thereafter began […]
Sanctions punish Iran’s most vulnerable
While the Iranian government refuses to waver on the issue of its nuclear development, U.S. sanctions continue to get broader and more unwieldy. The sanctions are posing new obstacles to U.S. interests and causing pain inside of Iran. For instance, there are new reports that even American journalists covering Iran–already dealing with Tehran’s press restrictions–now must also […]