Associated Press - Iranian Court Rejects American Pastor’s Appeal to Reduce 8-year Sentence
By APNews.com
An Iranian court has rejected an appeal by an American pastor to reduce his eight-year prison sentence, a human-rights group representing his family in the U.S. said Monday.
The decision by a two-judge panel on the Tehran Court of Appeals came Sunday, but the panel refused to provide Saeed Abedini’s lawyer with a copy of the ruling, the Idaho Statesman reported. . . .
The Iranian court’s decision was announced by the American Center for Law and Justice, which focuses on constitutional and human-rights law around the world. The center is representing the pastor’s wife and two children, who still reside in Boise. . . .