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Involved in the home church movement in iran. >> bill: whats that? >> mr. abedini is a christian pastor. is he a convert. he was born into a muslim family. he decided to change to christianity. >> bill: whats the home church thing? >> the home church movement is essentially a protestant movement in iran it is relatively popular and has become more popular in recent years. its in some ways an underground movement because many christian converts and protestants are not allowed to build churches in...

Actually sentenced to i had i had. he was sentenced to death initially for the crime. this is about two years ago. because of international pressure, partly from human rights watch and other organizations, including christian organizations, in the united states, and in europe and elsewhere: his conviction actually was changed, he spent a little bit of time in prison and he has since been released. he -- so you think you can bring some pressure to bear. >> yes. >> abe -- abedini. is he american c...

>> bill: factor follow up segment tonight. terrible situation in iran. 32-year-old be a dean any american father of two, christian pastor. convicted of insurrection and sentenced to 8 years in a iranian president. why condemn irans freedom of religion and we call on the iranian authorities to release mr. abedini. close contact with the family actively engaged in this case. >> bill: thats nice i dont think iran is quaking in proverbial boots. with us now is a member of the group human rights watc...

Grabbed him because he was involved in the home church movement in iran. >> bill: whats that? >> mr. abedini is a christian pastor. is he a convert. he was born into a muslim family. he decided to change to christianity. >> bill: whats the home church thing? >> the home church movement is essentially a protestant movement in iran it is relatively popular and has become more popular in recent years. its in some ways an underground movement because many christian converts and protestants are not a...

Nieven 9/11. to turn this into a conversation about disarming, underarming or anything having to do with the second amendment, i think most of us agree is the wrong conversation. our conversation is how this ends. how this was the first to hit in a small town and its the last to hit in a small town. thats what our leaders should be looking to and we have some great ones. i encourage and pray for them to have the wisdom to make this stop. >> dan barks, former united states navy pilot, native of c...

Official who played a key role in the negotiations is refusing to call the imprisoned americans hostages anymore. listen to wendy sherman correct a reporters terminology. >> the hostages did they ever come up in the talks directly? or was it only a sideline issue? >> the americans -- we probably legally would not call them hostages. detainees. >> detained in iran. >> americans detained in iran and robert levinson who has been missing for some years that we think the iranians have knowledge of. >...

There and continue to beg, that is the propaganda that they will use and the supreme leader is already using that they have that high ground, that they are in power. look just the past weekend he was heard joining n chants with death to america. we recently had a militia chief in iran talk about how the destruction of israel is nonnegotiable. so why are we sitting at a table with these individuals who still have four americans, greta held hostage to include one american pastor received abedini, ...