Catholic News Agency - After Beatings, Imprisoned Pastor Finally Receives Medical Care

By Adelaide Mena, catholicnewsagency.com

Iranian-American pastor Saeed Abedini, who has been imprisoned in Iran for over 300 days, has at last received long-awaited medical care after suffering numerous beatings in captivity.

“Thank you to all of the individuals who have prayed, written letters, signed petitions, called government officials, run benefit races, tweeted, and shared Saeed’s story,” said the pastor’s wife, Naghmeh Abedini, in a press release. . . .

According to the American Center for Law and Justice, which represents his wife, Abedini was taken to a hospital again on July 20, and “for the first time, he was examined by a physician and prescribed medication for injuries he sustained from the beatings he endured by prison guards.”. . .

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