Iranian Authorities Pressuring Jailed Christian Pastor to Convert to Islam, Sources Say

Government officials in are trying to convince a jailed pastor to return to Islam as he waits for the nation’s supreme leader to decide whether he should be executed for converting to Christianity, sources close to the case told FoxNews.com.Iran’s secret service officials recently approached 34-year-old pastor Youcef Nadarkhani at his prison site in Rasht and presented him with a book on Islamic literature, telling him they would be back to discuss the material and hear his opinion, the sources said.  read more »

) Upset over persistently critical statements by Iran on Jammu and Kashmir, India today summoned its acting Ambassador, telling him that such remarks impinged on the country's territorial integrity.

New Delhi issued a strong demarche to Iran's charge d'affaires Reza Alaei expressing its "deep disappointment" over the remarks, which is seen here as "impingement of territorial integrity and sovereignty".  read more »