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Filed in: Iran | by Matthew Clark | 5:25 PM Mar. 18, 2013
Members of Congress Condemn State Department’s “Deafening and Almost Cowardly Silence”
At Friday’s congressional hearing Members of Congress scolded the State Department for its unwillingness to appear and testify on behalf of imprisoned U.S. citizen, Pastor Saeed Abedini. Each of the members of the bipartisan Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission expressed concern about the State Department’s lack of involvement. Chairman Frank Wolf (R-VA) derided the State Department’s utter lack of engagement and refusal to appear before the Commission. Congressman Trent Frank... Continue Reading
Filed in: Iran | by Jay Sekulow | 2:00 PM Mar. 18, 2013
Will the State Department finally speak out for Pastor Saeed Abedini?
Last Friday’s standing-room only hearing before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission was among the most dramatic I’ve witnessed. There was outrage – outrage not just from me as I declared the State Department “AWOL” in our quest to free an American Pastor, Saeed Abedini -- a U.S. citizen -- captured by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and now held hostage in Iran’s most brutal prison – but also from the members of the Human Rights Commission. In his ... Continue Reading
Filed in: Iran | by ACLJ.org | 8:30 AM Mar. 15, 2013
Watch Jay & Jordan Sekulow and Pastor Saeed’s Wife Naghmeh Testify Before Congress Live
Watch the congressional hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission focusing on Pastor Saeed Abedini and the worsening plight of Christians in Iran. The Commission of the U.S. Congress will hear testimony from ACLJ Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow, ACLJ Executive Director Jordan Sekulow, and Pastor Saeed’s wife Naghmeh among other respected human rights experts. Watch their testimony before Congress here. (The hearing audio begins at 9:05 and video at 9:31.) As you watch, please join a ... Continue Reading
Filed in: Iran | by Jay Sekulow | 7:34 AM Mar. 15, 2013
Why has Obama's State Department Left an American Pastor Behind in Iran?
On Monday, March 11, at a crucial moment, the State Department turned its back on an American pastor imprisoned in Iran. In September of last year, Saeed Abedini – a U.S. citizen from Idaho – was arrested by Iran’s jihadist Revolutionary Guard when he was in Tehran helping build an orphanage. He was tortured, tried, convicted, and sentenced to eight years in Iran’s most brutal prison simply because of his Christian faith. In other words, he’s an American hostage. ... Continue Reading
Filed in: Iran | by Jordan Sekulow | 3:19 PM Mar. 12, 2013
EU Demands Pastor Saeed’s Release at UN, Where is the US?
Yesterday, despite the silence of the U.S. State Department, your voice was heard at the United Nations (U.N.) on behalf of imprisoned American Pastor Saeed Abedini. At the request of over 435,000 individuals around the world who signed our petition, the European Union (EU) demanded Iran release American Pastor Saeed at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. Our petition to the U.N., EU and Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights is making a tremendous impact, and Pastor Saeed’... Continue Reading
Filed in: Iran | by Jordan Sekulow | 10:17 PM Mar. 11, 2013
Congressional Hearing Friday on Pastor Saeed – Pastor Saeed’s Wife, ACLJ Testifying
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The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. Congress has announced that it will hold a hearing on “The Worsening Plight of Religious Minorities in Iran,” taking specific testimony about the case of American Pastor Saeed Abedini imprisoned in Iran for his Christian Faith. I, along with ACLJ Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow and Pastor Saeed’s wife Naghmeh, have been called to testify before Congress on Pastor Saeed’s behalf this Friday. The bipartisan congressional commis... Continue Reading
Filed in: Iran | by Matthew Clark | 1:39 PM Mar. 11, 2013
Pastor Saeed’s Wife: Iran Doesn’t “Know Who They’re Dealing With”
Pastor Saeed’s wife, Naghmeh, spoke with CBN News and Fox News in interviews that aired this past week, sharing her personal story. She shared about the struggle she and her two young children have faced here in the U.S. as her husband, Pastor Saeed, languishes in an Iranian prison because of his Christian faith. In the video above she shares how she first came to know and fall in love with Saeed, about the passion for Christ he exuded, and the struggle her family faces during this tryin... Continue Reading
Filed in: Iran | by Matthew Clark | 2:19 PM Mar. 8, 2013
Saeed’s Orphanage in Iran, the Hidden Casualty of his Wrongful Imprisonment
Not only is an American family without their husband and father, Iranian orphans are also being negatively impacted by the unlawful imprisonment of Pastor Saeed Abedini. Pastor Saeed was arrested on one of his many trips in recent years to Iran where he was working to establish an orphanage (pictured above) to help children in need. Now, because Saeed is wrongfully imprisoned, this orphanage can’t open. The dozen children this orphanage was intended to house and care for are left without... Continue Reading
