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And the ability to make this issue front and center. and not to say anything gives aid and comfort to those who would persecute religious minorities around the world. >> you mentioned iran and the discussions going back into talks with them over the nuclear program. i know that the wife of pastor abadini held there, he's been beat up and tortured. we have questions about his medical care, he's a u.s. citizen being held by iran. she and the family were crushed. i mean, she has tried to approach the president and approach the secretary of state with her own letters and trying to get face to face...

Sayeed amadini. when i asked him about it, he said we have laws on our books for clemency. here's how he described them to me. >> well, they have, unfortunately, judgments. court judgments against them. of course, we have various clemency measures in iran that can be introduced. have been in the past. can be introduced again in these cases. but i cannot predict that, because that is something for the judiciary to decide, and the executive usually doesn't have much influence over what the judiciary decides. >> reporter: the foreign minister did say it's not his decision. that resides with the j...

Signed by karzai, which many people expect it will happen, it's just taking longer than they expected, the pentagon is expected to announce roughly 10,000 or so american troops will stay in afghanistan post 2014 to train the afghan security forces. >> thank you so much for your report. >> keeping our focus overseas, the house foreign affairs committee is holding a hearing next week on the plight of the american pastor jailed in iran. he is being held by tehran over his christian faith. abadini has already served one year of his eight-year sentence. although president obama made a plea for the ...

There are plenty of questions being raised about president obama's deal with a nuclear iran. one of the big concerns comes from my next guest, the wife of pastor said abadini who's been in prison in iran for more than a year. his family and the supporters believe talks with iran were the best hope for securing his release. they are now blasting the administration for failing to find a solution during these so-called negotiation. said is an american citizen who was detained in iran for practicing christianity. he remains in a very dangerous prison today where his wife is concerned he may not su...

President obama calling for the release of an american jailled in iran during an historic phone call with iran's new president. president obama expressed concern over inprisoned pastor abadini. he has been in jail in tehran for a year along with two other u.s. citizens. joining me now, his wife. thanks so much for being here. >> thank you. >> are you feeling more hopeful now following that historic phone call and perhaps believing more now that your husband might be released? >> i am. i'm very hopeful that we're close to him coming home. i'm very grateful for president obama to have made that ...