News Max - Imprisoned American Pastor to Face Trial in Iran for Christian Faith

By Sandy Fitzgerald, NewsMax.com

Saeed Abedini, an American pastor in prison in his native Iran on charges of compromising national security because of his Christian faith, will go before one of the country's notoriously harsh judges next week.

Abbas Pir-Abassi is known as a "hanging judge" for his doling out of long prison terms and death sentences to political prisoners, according to the non-profit American Center for Law and Justice. . . .

The charges against Abedini were filed after he started a house church movement, reports Fox News, and his attorney told advocacy group American Center for Law and Justice that most of the charges against Abedini are indecipherable, except for one from the year 2000, when he converted from Islam to Christianity. . . .

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