I don't know why Obama didn't make the release of this American part of the deal. This Pastor has suffered enough.
Recant or Else: Saeed Faces New Psychological Torture
By George Thomas
CBN News Sr. Reporter
Friday, April 17, 2015
Iranian prison guards holding American Pastor Saeed Abedini have reportedly given him a warning: deny Jesus Christ and return to Islam or stay imprisoned for life.
Lawyers representing the 35-year-old Abedini say he's also facing increased psychological torment.
Saaed Abedini was convicted on January 27, 2013 and condemned to eight years in prison. Now Iranian authorities are threatening to extend that prison sentence, something his lawyers say has been done to other Christian prisoners in the past.
"They find some other way to set them up for a falsehood and try them for additional convictions," Tiffany Barrans, with the American Center for Law and Justice, told CBN News.
According to Abedini's wife, Naghmeh, prison guards have become increasingly hostile -- reportedly tormenting the American pastor with constant psychological threats.
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Recant or Else: Saeed Faces New Psychological Torture
By George Thomas
CBN News Sr. Reporter
Friday, April 17, 2015
Iranian prison guards holding American Pastor Saeed Abedini have reportedly given him a warning: deny Jesus Christ and return to Islam or stay imprisoned for life.
Lawyers representing the 35-year-old Abedini say he's also facing increased psychological torment.
Saaed Abedini was convicted on January 27, 2013 and condemned to eight years in prison. Now Iranian authorities are threatening to extend that prison sentence, something his lawyers say has been done to other Christian prisoners in the past.
"They find some other way to set them up for a falsehood and try them for additional convictions," Tiffany Barrans, with the American Center for Law and Justice, told CBN News.
According to Abedini's wife, Naghmeh, prison guards have become increasingly hostile -- reportedly tormenting the American pastor with constant psychological threats.
Continue reading at:
Recant or Else Saeed Faces New Psychological Torture - World - CBN News - Christian News 24-7 - CBN.com
