| Feb 24 2012 |
'International condemnation is growing following reports that Iran has ordered the execution of Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani.It has been widely reported that an execution order for the Iranian pastor may have been issued – though that has yet to be confirmed.
If so, only the intervention of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei or the head of the Iranian judiciary could legally prevent the execution going ahead.
On past form, it is possible that Iran could go ahead with the execution in secret without informing the pastor's family. According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide, the 32-year-old pastor was known still to be alive on February 22.' (Release International.)
There are a few internet reports suggesting that this execution may have already been carried out.
If this is the case, we must remember that the Apostle Paul looked after the coats of those who martyred Stephen and thus supported that heinous act. We must pray that the sickos behind such a horror would also have an encounter with The Living Christ as Paul did.
