Yesterday, The Voice of the Martyrs broke the news that Pastor Youcef's death sentence has been upheld by the Iranian Supreme Court.

The Iranian Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of a pastor convicted of apostasy and accused of evangelizing Muslims. Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, 34, has been in prison since October 2009, and the appeal of his death sentence was rejected by the Iranian Supreme Court on June 28, 2011. He is to be executed by hanging. If the death sentence is carried out, it will be the first court-ordered execution of a Christian in Iran in 20 years.

The Voice of the Martyrs is happy to share with you that right now we are offering a great DVD set of 7 videos called The Torchlighters set.

Our friends at Compass Direct are reporting more bad news coming out of Egypt as two antiChristian events have broken the relative calm in recent days. Here's more from Compass Direct:

It's Tuesday, which means it's time to let you know how you can minister to one of our highlighted prisoners.

One of the best things we can do, and also the most powerful thing we can do, is pray for our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Today, I want to ask you to pray for 14-year-old Nancy Magdy Fathy, and her 16-year old cousin Christine Ezzat Fathy who have recently disappeared and reportedly converted to Islam.

A few days ago, our friends at Mission Network News, wrote a story that gives us an update about the reality of what is really happening concerning religious freedom in Afghanistan.