CBN New - World Pressure Mounting, Saeed, Family Allowed Visit

By John Jessup, CBNNew.com

After a public hearing and a petition with more than half a million names, pressure is mounting on the Iranian regime to release an American pastor sentenced to eight years in one of the country's most notorious prisons.

According to the American Center for Law and Justice, Pastor Saeed Abedini met with his family in Iran for an extended 2-hour visitation Monday. The visit was allowed in commemoration of Nowruz, the Persian New Year. . . .

The ACLJ -- which represents Pastor Saeed, his wife, and their two young children -- says he has been examined for internal bleeding and will be taken to a hospital to receive medical care. . . .

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