Pastor Saeed Abedini has been imprisoned since last September when he was suddenly arrested in Iran while visiting family and helping to build an orphanage. 

In January, Saeed, the 33-year-old pastor from Boise, was convicted with the crime of promoting Christianity through house churches and sentenced to 8 years in prison. He has been kept in jail with wound suffered from reported abuse and has gotten no medical treatment. 

Pastor Saeed's wife, Boisean Naghmeh Abedini, traveled to speak at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, to try to get his release authorized. 

"For nearly a year, the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has tried to silence my husband, Saeed Abedini, through illegal imprisonment, torture and threats against our family," told the UN council. "Why is he being held? Because he exercised his rights of religious freedom, expression and peaceful assembly."

Naghmeh Abedini and supporters are hoping to ramp up pressure against Iranian officials before elections on June 14. They have set up demonstrations that are being organized for June 13 to be held at Iranian embassies around the world for Saeed. 

Please pray for Saeed's health and faith to keep him strong and for peace for his family while they fight for his release and spread the word. 

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