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  • Abedini church worker near death in Iran prison
    by Diana Chandler, posted Friday, June 03, 2016 (8 years ago)

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    TEHRAN, Iran (BP) -- A female Christian convert who worked with Saeed Abedini planting house churches years ago in Iran is on a hunger strike and near death in the harsh Evin prison in Tehran, Iran, the freed pastor told Baptist Press.

    Nasim Naghash Zargaran, also known as Maryam, was one of the first persons who converted to Christianity under Abedini's counsel [16 years ago], he told BP, and shortly after Abedini's 2012 imprisonment was arrested because of her vigilant evangelism. Denied proper medical treatment for the heart condition atrial septal defect, diabetes, severe pain and other complications, the 36-year-old Zargaran ... Read More