Fox News - State Department Ducks Hearing on American Pastor Imprisoned in Iran

By Judson Berger, FoxNews.com

The State Department is ducking a hearing Friday that will focus on the case of imprisoned American pastor Saeed Abedini, just days after the leading U.S. representative to the U.N. Human Rights Council declined to specifically address the pastor’s case during a meeting on Iran’s human rights record.

Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., chairman of the Capitol Hill commission holding the hearing, slammed the Obama administration for turning down the invitation to testify. . . .

Jay Sekulow, chief counsel at the American Center for Law and Justice which represents the pastor, called the State Department’s decision not to attend “extremely troubling and offensive to the many who face life-threatening abuse at the hands of the Iranian government.”. . .

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