Stories tagged with: iran

• Abedini beating intensifies calls for release

  by Staff, posted Thursday, June 11, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  TEHRAN, Iran (BP) -- American pastor Saeed Abedini has been "viciously" beaten in the Iranian prison where he is being held for his Christian faith, the American Center for Law and Justice reported June 10, prompting renewed calls for Abedini's release as a condition of any nuclear deal between the U.S. and Iran.

  "It is crucial to speak out for Saeed as we approach the June 30th deadline between the United States and Iran," Abedini's wife Naghmeh said in a June 10 Facebook post. She added June 30 "is also Saeed and I's 11th year anniversary." Read More

• Naghmeh Abedini: tie Saeed's release to Iran deal

  by David Roach, posted Wednesday, June 03, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- The release of Americans imprisoned in Iran should be a condition of any nuclear deal with the Persian nation, the wife of imprisoned American pastor Saeed Abedini told the House Foreign Affairs Committee Tuesday (June 2).

  Following testimony from Negmeh Abedini and the families of other U.S. citizens imprisoned or missing in Iran, the committee passed a resolution stating, "Iran should release all detained United States citizens immediately and provide any ... Read More

• Saeed Abedini weathers Iranians' added pressure

  by Staff/Morning Star News, posted Monday, May 04, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  ISTANBUL, Turkey (BP) -- Iranian authorities heightened pressure on U.S.-Iranian pastor Saeed Abedini in April, threatening to keep him in prison indefinitely, Morning Star News reported May 1.

  Authorities seem to be taking a "carrot-and-stick" approach to Abedini -- leveling new, petty charges while promising him freedom if he abandons his faith in Christ and returns to Islam, Tiffany Barrans, international director at the American Center for Law and Justice, told Morning Star, a news service focusing on the persecuted church. Read More

• Iran deal unlikely to prompt religious liberty

  by David Roach, posted Thursday, April 02, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

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  LAUSANNE, Switzerland (BP) -- Though Iran and Western nations have agreed on the framework of a nuclear deal, Middle East experts say the final agreement probably will not serve as a catalyst for religious freedom in the Persian nation.

  "As long as you have Islam and an Islamic regime as the authoritative government and they hold the sword, Christians will be persecuted. Sanctions or no sanctions, Christians in Iran will not have freedom, period," said Paul Golhashem, a Christian author for Persian World Outreach, a ministry to the 80 million Farsi-speaking people worldwide. Golhashem left Iran in 1995 and now is a U.S. citizen living in Dallas. Read More

• Netanyahu: Iran's threats parallel OT Esther story

  by David Roach, posted Wednesday, March 04, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

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  WASHINGTON (BP) -- A genocidal chapter in the ancient relationship between Israel and Iran could be the result of a nuclear agreement the United States may sign with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a joint meeting of Congress March 3. Read More

• Netanyahu: Iran poses world's 'greatest danger'

  by David Roach, posted Tuesday, March 03, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

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  WASHINGTON (BP) -- Militant Islamists with nuclear weapons would be the likely result of an agreement the United States may sign with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a joint meeting of Congress March 3.

  "The greatest danger facing our world is the marriage of militant Islam with nuclear weapons," said Netanyahu, who joined Winston Churchill as one of two foreign leaders to address Congress three times. "To defeat ISIS and let Iran get nuclear weapons would be to win the battle but lose the war. We can't let that happen." Read More

• Iranian pastor's arrest 'a serious blow'

  by Staff/Morning Star News, posted Tuesday, October 28, 2014 (9 years ago)

  ISTANBUL, Turkey, (BP) -- In what was deemed an effort to silence house-church leader Behnam Irani, Iran has sentenced him and two other Christian leaders to six years in prison for their involvement in house churches, human rights groups have learned. Read More