Christian Post - Israel Calls Iran Nuke Deal 'Historic Mistake;' ACLJ Says US Betrayed Pastor Saeed
By Anugrah Kumar, ChristianPost.com
Israel criticized on Sunday an interim nuclear deal the United States and other world powers reached with Iran, calling it a "historic mistake." It is also a "betrayal" of U.S. Pastor Saeed Abedini, who is in an Iranian prison because of his Christian faith, said the American Center for Law and Justice, which had urged Washington to secure his release as a precondition.
"What was concluded in Geneva last night is not a historic agreement, it's a historic mistake," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, of the four-page agreement, to which Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany are also party. . . .
Meanwhile, ACLJ, which had urged Kerry to secure the release of Pastor Saeed before entering into an agreement with Iran, said the Obama Administration betrayed Saeed, leaving a U.S. citizen imprisoned because of his faith behind.
"President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry turned their backs on a U.S. citizen by refusing to secure his freedom before reaching an agreement with Iran," Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the ACLJ, said in a statement. "It is outrageous and a betrayal of American Pastor Saeed Abedini who has spent more than a year in an Iranian prison simply because of his Christian faith.". . .