CBN News - Iran Rejects Saeed's Appeal, Family 'Devastated'

August 26, 2013

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By CBNNews.com

An Iranian court has rejected the appeal of Saeed Abedini, the American pastor jailed in Iran for his Christian faith, according the American Center for Law and Justice.

In a "devastating" blow to Abedini's family, the ACLJ said the Tehran court refused to reduce the pastor's eight-year prison sentence.

"This legal decision also signals a new level of concern for Pastor Saeed's safety," Jordan Sekulow, executive director of the ACLJ, said in a statement Monday. . . .

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