Fox News - Iranian Media's Claim American Christian Pastor to be Freed Denounced as 'Lie' on Bail, Attorney Says

By Perry Chiaramonte, FoxNews.com

Iran's state news agency reported Monday that Saeed Abedini, a Christian pastor who was born in Iran but now lives in Idaho would soon be free. But the report, which came on the first day of Abedini's trial, was seen by Abedini's wife, Naghmeh, as just another cruel manipulation.

“This is all a lie by the Iranian media," Naghmeh Abedini said. "This has been a repeated promise by the Iranian regime since Saeed was first thrown in prison on Sept. 26, 2012. We have presented bail. After the judge told Saeed’s lawyer that bail was back on the table, the family in Tehran ran around in circles today to make sure Saeed was let out on bail. But again the bail officer rejected bail.". . .

"This trial apparently is focused on 13 years ago, when Pastor Saeed converted from Islam to Christianity,” Jordan Sekulow, executive director for the American Center for Law and Justice, which represents the pastor’s family and has been monitoring the situation, said in a statement to FoxNews.com. . . .

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