Idaho Statesman - Imprisoned Boise Pastor's Appeal Rejected by Iranian Court
By IdahoStatesman.com
An Iranian appeals court has rejected an appeal by Boise pastor Saeed Abedini and refused to reduce his eight-year prison sentence, according to a human rights and religious freedom group that is representing Abedini's wife and children.
According to a news release from the American Center for Law and Justice, the court decision came Sunday from Branch 36 of the Tehran Court of Appeals. The ACLJ says the two-judge panel refused to provide Abedini's lawyer a copy of the decision.
Abedini has been imprisoned in Iran since September. A U.S. citizen, he was convicted of threatening the national security of Iran for his involvement in Christian home churches from 2000 to 2005. He is being held in Iran's notorious Evin Prison. . . .