Christian Post - Pastor Saeed Abedini Refusing to Deny Jesus Christ for His Freedom Amid Iran Releasing Other Prisoners, Says ACLJ
By Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post
U.S. Pastor Saeed Abedini is refusing to deny Jesus Christ and turn back to Islam, even if that could means jeopardizing his release from prison, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) said.
Abedini has been imprisoned for almost a full year now in Evin Prison in Tehran because of his Christian faith. Iran has recently released 11 prisoners of conscience, and is poised to release almost 80 others, but despite repeated attempts to have Abedini renounce his faith, the pastor has refused to do so.
Below is an edited phone interview The Christian Post did on Tuesday with Tiffany Barrans, the international legal director at the ACLJ, which represents the pastor's wife, Naghmeh, and their two children in the U.S. . . .