Pastor Youcef's Attorney is Now Imprisoned

Many of us rejoiced at the miracle of Pastor Youcef being freed from prison when that happened a few weeks ago, however, we still need to keep him and his family in prayer, as well as his attorney, who was recently thrown in prison.

According to the American Center for Law & Justice, Pastor Youcef’s attorney, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, has now been thrown in prison and given a nine year sentence. 

Here’s part of blog post from this article at the ACLJ website.

Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, who represented Pastor Youcef and other religious and political prisoners, had been previously convicted for representing people like Pastor Youcef. He was sentenced to serve 9
years in prison, barred for 10 years from practicing or teaching law,
fined $1,900, and given a choice of either 5 lashes or an additional
$450 fine. In recent months, however, Dadkhah had worked out an
agreement that allowed him to continue representing Pastor Youcef and
that prevented him from having to serve any time in prison.

He upheld his end of that bargain, and we believe that Iran has
reneged now that Pastor Youcef is no longer the focus of international
attention.

Sources close to the situation informed us over the weekend that
Dadkhah has been detained and forced to begin serving this lengthy
prison sentence in one of Iran’s most notorious prisons. He is currently
incarcerated in ward 350 of Evin prison, a ward reserved for political
prisoners, in a cell with 22 other prisoners.

Please pray for this precious lawyer and share this with everyone you know.

2012-10-05 02:24:01

Source: http://www.persecutionblog.com/2012/10/pastor-youcefs-attorney-is-now-imprisoned.html