Washington Free Beacon - American Pastor Imprisoned in Iran Moved to Less Dangerous Ward Still Faces Life-threatening Conditions
By FreeBeacon.com
American pastor Saeed Abedini has been moved to a less dangerous ward in an Iranian prison but still faces life-threatening conditions, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) reports.
Abedini was transferred from the murderer ward to the political prisoner ward at Iran’s notorious Rajai Shahr Prison, the facility that houses the country’s most violent criminals. He was detained last year for starting Christian house churches in Iran and was later sentenced to eight years in prison for “undermining the national security” of the country’s Islamic theocracy.
Abedini’s Iranian family was able to visit him for the first time in six weeks on Wednesday. His medical condition continues to worsen: . . .