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President Obama Votes Present on Pastor Saeed Abedini Pastor Saeed Abedini and his wife An Iranian-American Pastor, who was setting up an orphanage in Iran, has been sentenced to 8 years in Iran’s most brutal prison, Evin prison. The charges against him are for “evangelizing.” The sentence was passed down by Judge Pir-Abassi, Iran’s hanging judge. The evidence was based on Abedini’s activities in the early 2000s when house churches were not considered a threat in Iran. The charges are bogus, as if imprisoning someone for preaching could ever be deserving of 8 years in jail to begin...

Very good man han honorable man he is not a spy i can assure you of that. he has made comments leading many to believe that he is a moderate willing to improve relations to the u.s. before he came to the general assembly, iran did release some 80 political prisoners. >> today marks one year since the pastor saeed was being held in the prison as well. a mother speaks out on the release on her daughter's rapist. we'll tell you what she said about the teacher who spent just 30 days behind bars for that crime. and an 8-year-old boy saved people from a fast moving fire. we'll tell you about t...

Religion and freedom of speech that we have in this country. you will have the right to sit at that table and to talk about it in an open forum in congress. the contrast is not lost. what do you want to make sure you get across in the time that you have there on friday? >> that our country was founded on religious freedom and that, i expect our country to be a leader and take every step possible to defend saeed, who is an american citizen. his religious freedom and to be a voice and a leader in defending religious freedom, especially for the christians. martha: do you think, -- you say that yo...

Wife and jordan sekulow low who has been fighting for her husband ace return. executive director at the american center for law and justice. welcome back both of you to "america's newsroom". >> good morning. martha: what does it mean to be able to sit at the table in front of members of congress to explain to them what is happening to your husband? >> this is a great opportunity to speak before, in the hearing and to discuss about saeed's violation of human rights by the iranian government and to be able not only talk about saeed but also to the persecutions of so many christians in iran and a...

Group, jordan, basically believes 100 and 200,000 christians are killed, are march martyred every year in prisons and through persecution in muslim countries. i this, we look at the fact we're about to see a new pope in the world. do you think that this is an issue that we can shed a little bit more light on? >> you know, it is sometimes takes these stories unfortunately that think, you know, saeed and this situation, not asking for it, but this is part of what we do. we're there to help the persecuted when they can get to us. many iranians can't. we know of pastors that were named by the euro...