The Global Dispatch - Jailed American Pastor Saeed Abedini Describes Iranian Jail ‘Horrific’ And ‘Unbearable’

March 1, 2013

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By Laura Jones, TheGlobalDispatch.com

Imprisoned American pastor Saeed Abedini wrote of what he called “horrific” and “unbearable” conditions in the Iranian prison where he is held after being convicted in January for being a Christian.

“They are trying to put me under such horrific pressures (that are sometimes unbearable) so that they can show me that my faith is empty and not real,” Saeed wrote in a letter obtained by the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ).

Pastor Abedini was sentenced to 8 years in prison for evangelizing last month.

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