Pressure mounts on Iran to free pastor facing death sentence October 1, 2011 by Fulcrum Foreign Secretary William Hague has condemned Iran's refusal to overturn the death sentence of a church pastor.Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani has won the admiration of Christians around the world for refusing to recant his faith in appeals hearings -a condition for his acquittal. Christian Today 30 September 2011. FulcrumShareTweetShare