Luke 21:12 “But before all this, they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name.
For the first time, President Obama has made a direct appeal to Iran for the release of jailed Christian pastor Saeed Abedini.
President Obama called Iranian President Hassan Rouhani marking the first time the leaders of the two nations have spoken directly since 1979. While the majority of the conversation centered on Iran’s enrichment of nuclear materials, Obama broached the subject of the American pastor jailed for his faith.
An administration official said that President Obama brought up three Americans jailed in Iran expressed “our interest in seeing those Americans reunited with their families.”
Pastor Abedini’s wife, Naghmeh, said Obama finally speaking about the unjust imprisonment of her husband is “the most encouraging news I have heard since Saeed was imprisoned one year ago.”
Christians in Iran are routinely jailed under charges of threatening “national security” as has been done in the case of Pastor Abedini.
