Believers Persecuted

The Washington Post - Wife of pastor Saeed Abedini, jailed in Iran for his faith, explains the ‘shock’ of his release
The Washington Post reports: "American evangelical pastor Saeed Abedini is among the four Americans Iran who were released on Saturday, according to U.S. and Iranian officials. For more than three years, evangelical activists have pressed President Obama to push for his release, arguing that it should be part of a larger nuclear deal. Abedini, 35, of Boise, Idaho, is a convert from Islam to Christianity and pastor who had been imprisoned since 2012 for organizing home churches. [...] His case put a face on the issue of persecution, especially in the Middle East, for Christians across the globe, and his release comes on 'religious freedom day' in the U.S."