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  • Saeed Abedini in Germany awaiting wife's arrival
    by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, January 19, 2016 (8 years ago)

    GERMANY (BP) -- The wife of freed pastor Saeed Abedini is expected to meet him in Germany, according to news reports released today (Jan. 19), where his health was being assessed after his release from a three-and-a-half-year imprisonment in Iran. Read More

  • Saeed Abedini released from Iranian prison
    by Seth Brown/Biblical Recorder, posted Saturday, January 16, 2016 (8 years ago)

    IRAN (BP) -- American pastor Saeed Abedini and three other prisoners have been released from prison in Iran, according to news reports. Abedini was detained in 2012 for organizing house churches and later sentenced to eight years in prison. Read More

  • Iranian pastor Fathi freed from prison
    by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, December 23, 2015 (8 years ago)

    Farshid Fathi
    TEHRAN, Iran (BP) -- Iranian pastor Farshid Fathi has been freed after five years imprisonment in Tehran because of charges linked to his Christian faith, Middle East Concern announced Dec. 22, estimating nearly 100 Christians remain imprisoned there.

    "We are so thankful to the Lord for his protection over Farshid while in prison," Middle East Concern said in a press release. "It is our hope that the Gospel will continue to spread throughout Iran." Read More

  • Naghmeh Abedini regrets emails of marital woe
    by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, November 16, 2015 (8 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- The wife of imprisoned pastor Saeed Abedini has voiced regret for emails she sent to close friends reportedly accusing the pastor of spousal abuse stemming from what was described in press reports as his addiction to pornography.

    In two emails to close friends, Abedini disclosed that her marriage to Saeed Abedini has been troubled by "physical, emotional, ... Read More

  • Naghmeh Abedini says faith 'more real' than before
    by Morning Star News/Middle East correspondent, posted Wednesday, September 30, 2015 (8 years ago)

    ISTANBUL, Turkey, (BP) -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Monday (Sept. 30) declined to meet with the wife of imprisoned American pastor Saeed Abedini during his trip to the United Nations, days after the Christian's wife learned her husband had recently been tortured.

    Rouhani instead said in a television interview that releasing Iranian criminals held in U.S. prisons would change the ... Read More

  • Abedini prayer vigils set globally 9/26
    by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, September 16, 2015 (9 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) -- The wife of imprisoned American pastor Saeed Abedini is on a 21-day "Daniel" fast and is organizing prayer vigils internationally Sept. 26, the third anniversary of her husband's imprisonment in Iran for his Christian faith.

    Naghmeh Abedini, in asking Christians to pray for her husband and the persecuted church, also is promoting a letter-writing campaign to ask United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to advocate for Abedini's release when Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks Sept. 28 at the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Read More

  • U.S.-Iran prisoner swaps challenged
    by David Roach, posted Wednesday, July 22, 2015 (9 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP) -- Though America's release of four Iranian prisoners in 2012-13 was viewed by some as reciprocation for Iran's release of three American hikers, a Wall Street Journal report suggests the prisoner releases were also related to a private series of negotiations that paved the way for this month's nuclear agreement. Read More

  • Iran grants imprisoned pastor Fathi early release
    by Staff, posted Friday, July 10, 2015 (9 years ago)

    KARAJ, Iran (BP) -- Pastor Farshid Fathi, imprisoned in Iran for his faith since 2010, has been granted a Dec. 10 release from the notoriously brutal Rajai Shahr prison, two years earlier than expected, Elam Ministries has announced.

    Ann Buwalda, a board member of the Iranian-led ministry that engages in evangelism and discipleship in the Mideast nation, called the early release "positive news which has greatly encouraged Farshid and his family. We join them in praising God for this development and for those who have made it possible." Read More

  • 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