Baptist Press - Prison Transfer Puts Abedini 'directly at risk'
By Grace Thornton, BPnews.net
The life of American pastor Saeed Abedini is "directly at risk" after he was transferred Nov. 3 to an "even more dangerous" Iranian prison, according to Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice.
"Rajai Shahr Prison is where prisoners are sent to disappear —- many are murdered at the hands of other prisoners," Sekulow said.
Abedini's move to Rajai Shahr Prison —- where he is being held in a cellblock with murderers and rapists —- came on the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. . . .