President Obama addressed an audience at a campaign fundraiser in New York City on Thursday, March 1. “We ended torture, we promoted human rights. We made it clear America’s a Pacific power,” Obama told an audience. “We are leading by the power of our moral example.”

In 2010, Youcef Nadakhani, an Iranian pastor, was found guilty of apostasy, the disaffiliation of a religion by a person. He was sentenced to death. The American Center for Law and Justice and Fox News are reporting the Iranian pastor has received his final execution order meaning he can be executed at any time.