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Persecuted Pastor’s Wife Set to Testify Before Congress
With an increase in the arrest, imprisonment and killing of religious and cultural minorities in Iran—approximately 300 Christians have been arbitrarily arrested and detained since June 2010—Congress...
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Pastor Saeed Abedini Petition Nearing 500,000 Signatures Before Congressional...
A petition for the release of Pastor Saeed Abedini, the American citizen currently serving eight years in prison in Iran, has reached nearly half a million signatures a day before an important...
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Imprisoned Pastor’s Wife ‘Disappointed’ in US Gov’t
The wife of Iranian-American Pastor Saeed Abedini tearfully testified before a congressional human rights panel Friday regarding the plight of her husband, who is being tortured in an Iranian prison...
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Wife of American Pastor Jailed in Iran Pleads for Help From U.S.
The wife of an American Christian pastor imprisoned in Iran told lawmakers Friday in emotional testimony on Capitol Hill that she’s “disappointed” with the State Department’s lackluster involvement in...
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Iran Frees Christian Prisoners
ICC Note: Three Iranian Christians were released from prison on bail Tuesday after spending five months behind bars, Bos News Life reports. Other Christians, including Pastor Behnam Irani who is...
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Iranian pastor given medical exam, longer visit
Saeed Abedini, the Iranian-American pastor who has been imprisoned in Tehran for his Christian faith, has been examined for internal bleeding and was granted an extended visit with his family for the...
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Christian Convert Arrested for Second Time in Iran
ICC Note: Parvaneh Sarabadi, a convert to Christianity from Islam who is now living in Sweden, fears being deported back to Iran where probable persecution awaits her. “Converting from Islam to any...
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From prison, Iranian pastor writes of torture, forgiveness
Pastor Saeed Abedini, a U.S. citizen of Iranian descent imprisoned in Tehran, tells of the torture he has endured for his faith as well as the joy that comes with forgiving his perpetrators in a letter...
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Tortured American Pastor: ‘I Did Not Recognize Myself’
American Pastor Saeed Abedini, who has been imprisoned in Iran, has been able to get a letter to his family. Abedini is serving eight years in an Iranian prison for his Christian faith. The letter is...
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Christian at Risk of Deportation to Iran Where Persecution Awaits Her
ICC Note: Parvaneh Sarabadi, a convert to Christianity from Islam who is now living in Sweden, fears being deported back to Iran where probable persecution awaits her. “Converting from Islam to any...
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An American Christian’s Letter from an Iranian Prison
Thanks to a letter received by his family last week, new details have emerged about Pastor Saeed Abedini, an American citizen and Christian convert from Islam, who has been held in Iran’s brutal Evin...
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Kerry advocates for Iranian pastor’s freedom
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry late Friday (March 22) called for the release of pastor Saeed Abedini, a U.S. citizen of Iranian descent who is suffering in a notoriously brutal Tehran prison...
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Sweden Denies Asylum to Christians Facing Persecution
Christians in Iran face arrest, torture, even death. But that doesn’t seem to matter to Swedish immigration officials. Sweden wants to send Iranian Christian asylum seekers, who left Islam, back to...
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Persecuted Pastor’s Wife ‘Encouraged’ About US Call to Iranian Govt
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has issued a public statement expressing concern for American pastor Saeed Abedini, a U.S. citizen imprisoned in Iran because of his Christian faith. The statement,...
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Iranian Christians Denied Asylum Even Though Arrest, Torture and Death Await...
ICC Note: Iranian Christian applying for asylum in Sweden have been denied their request for asylum even though authorities know these Christians face arrest, torture and death if they were to be...
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Massive Bail Required of Christian Prisoners in Iran
Four Christian converts from Islam arrested last year for alleged evangelistic activities had to post enormous bail amounts in order to be released from an Iranian prison. Massive Bail Required of...
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Christian Converts in Sweden Threatened to be Sent Back to Iran
Secular Sweden Sees No Problem in Sending Christian Converts Back to Iran? Iranian converts say asylum applications are denied because judges don’t understand their plight. ICC Note: Though Sweden has...
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Family of Jailed Iranian Pastor Escapes to Canada
ICC Note: The family of Farshid Fathi, a pastor serving a six-year prison sentence in Iran, secretly escaped to Canada, CBN reports. Farshid has now been separated from his family for more than two...
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Iran Denies Pastor Saeed Medical Treatment
American Pastor Saeed Abedini, imprisoned in Iran for his Christian faith, is being denied medical treatment. Abedini is suffering from internal bleeding after months of beatings by prison guards. A...
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Iranian Christians Face Captivity, Persecution
This week in Washington, DC, two Iranian Christian women told their own story of persecution at the hands of the Iranian authorities. Iranian Christians Face Captivity, Persecution
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