Condemned Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani Faces Grim Anniversary
07/10/2012
As Christians around the world file into church services this Sunday, Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani will mark a somber anniversary: 1,000 days in prison.
It has been almost three years since Iranian officials arrested Nadarkhani, 34, and charged him with apostasy against Islam. The husband and father of two young sons is also pastor of a Christian church with several hundred members in the city of Rashat.