Miami: Controversial US pastor Terry Jones has burned more copies of the Quran and a depiction of Prophet Mohammed to protest the imprisonment of a Christian clergyman in Iran, The Gainesville Sun reported.
The newspaper said Jones and another pastor, who carried out their protest in front of their church in Gainesville, Florida yesterday, demanded the release of Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani from an Iranian prison.
Jones said Nadarkhani faces execution.
According to the report, the Pentagon urged Jones to reconsider, expressing concern that American soldiers in Afghanistan and elsewhere could be put at greater risk because of the act.
In March 2011, Jones' assistant, Pastor Wayne Sapp, burned a copy of the Quoran and broadcast the ceremony on the Internet.
PTI
First Published: Monday, April 30, 2012, 09:27