about revival. >>> now hope is coming from a surprising source that coming to help and support yousef nadarkhani. since learning of the pastor's situation, the country has been pushing iran and has been led by the evangelical churches. nadarkhani says he was never a muslim. jordan sekulow has been meeting with church and government leaders. charlene israel asked him about his effort. >> jordan, what are they doing for him? >> they said we asked iran to put a halt and working to have him released. they are taking the information and demand the meeting with the ambassador. this is happening while we are on the ground. brazil is diplomatically engaging iran to save pastor yousef nadarkhani. they have a relationship. a key ally diplomatically for iran. they are getting responses western leaders couldn't get. we were in the newspaper. vice president said we have a duty as brazil to stand for human rights especially when we have a specific case where we know the name. >> you are meeting with church leaders, tell us about this. >> church leaders follow the christian news. they know about the aclj. they

lawmakers are standing up to iranian pastor yousef nadarkhani. iran has sentenced him to death on charges of apostasy. 34-year-old father refused to deny his faith. he has been in prison since 2009. >> pastor nadarkhani's case is raising attention across the globe. there is a special ambassador for the issue. recently on cbn's the "the brody file," jennifer wishon profiled the woman who monitored the world's religious wrongs. >> this woman has been described as the harriet tubman. the first black woman to be elected senior pastor of the american baptist churches of the usa. you could find her just off moral street presiding over the hour of power, a lunchtime ministry she founded. >> the wednesday after 9/11, their eyes were big, they left here a different way than they came in, glorifying and praising god. to see i was able to be used to bring healing to people, not being a pastor of wonderful walk through ministry is tremendous. it is humbling. >> so help me god. she says her rock is jesus christ. but as ambassador she looks out for peoples of

in iran, pastor yousef nadarkhani is facing a death sentence. >> president obama should be using his pulpit to speak out to iran who are hostile to the united states, not an ally. you think about when mahmoud ahmadenijad came to new york and why they put homosexuals to death. he denied they had gays in iran. they want to hide this. they don't want to be known as persecutor persecutors. >> egypt has seen a lot of upheaval in the past year, how will that effect the church there. there is a significant christian church there. >> arab spring is turning into a very bitter cold winter for the christians. first in iraq, arabic secular dictatorship unleashed a lot of forces to drive out the christians. we are very, very worried same thing is happening in egypt. 100,000 coptic christians have been driven out by terrible violence and failure of the police to protect them and their churches. they have turned their guns on the christians. we saw that last october when two dozen christians were killed in cold blood by the police when they were demonstrating for their churches being burned down. >

time is up to urge you as well, and i think this came up earlier, to speak on behalf of pastor yousef nadarkhani who is guilty of the crime in iran for witnessing to his faith. now, the last time you were here you talked very forthrightly about your desire, yet struggles, to talk about the need for religious freedom as new democratic ideals arise -- >> i'll let you finish that thought, mr. fortenberry. but we're out of time. go ahead. >> thank you, madam chair. >> you'll have to give her some chocolate, though. >> excuse me? >> he'll have to give you some chocolate. >> oh, no, no. >> going back to my train of thought, i'll try. but to continue to raise his issue as an example of how religious freedom is a natural right that is consistent with the ideals of all humanity. so i just urge you to not only try to save his life, but point to that as to how governments who are looking for more just human rights, or better human rights conditions and more just forms of governance must treat the issue of religious freedom. >> thank you so much. mr. cardoza is recognized. >> thank you, madam chair. thank y