An Iranian judge who sentenced a well-known pastor and three devoted Christians to long prison terms is practically demanding that they no longer recognize Jesus as Lord, ahead of an upcoming appeal hearing, a well-informed church official told BosNewsLife Sunday, September 3.
“It seems that Judge Ahmadzadeh was not aware that all Christians are supposed to believe that Jesus is Lord,” said Firouz Khandjani, a council member of the independent Church of Iran, one of the country’s main house church movements.
Judge Ahmadzadeh, who heads the 26th Branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran, sentenced Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani along with Christians Mohammadreza Omidi, Yasser Mossayebzadeh, and Saheb Fadaie last year to 10 years imprisonment each.
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