JPost - Iran: Jailed Pastor Describes ‘Psychological Abuse'

February 25, 2013

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By Benjamin Weinthal, JPost.com

Iran’s prison authorities have ratcheted up the pressure on American- Iranian Pastor Saeed Abedini to renounce Christianity.

In a letter written by the 32- year-old Abedini – and released on Friday – he says the conditions in Tehran’s Evin Prison, are “so very difficult that my eyes get blurry, my body does not have the strength to walk, and my steps become very weak and shaky.”. . .

“It’s our hope that this latest communication only intensifies efforts in this country and abroad to pressure Iran to release this US citizen,” said Jordan Sekulow, executive director of ACLJ, which represents Abedini’s wife, Naghmeh, and children who reside in Boise, Idaho.

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