Imprisoned American Pastor Saeed Sends Easter Message From Iranian Prison

Pastor Saeed Sends Easter Message

American Pastor and father of two, Saeed Abedini, who has been imprisoned, beaten, and tortured in Iran for his faith, sends an Easter message to his supporters around the world from his hospital bed in Tehran.

Fox reports that Saeed, who has been hospitalized for the last five weeks, passed a letter to family members when they were allowed to visit him recently, and that letter was sent to his wife Naghmeh in Idaho. Previously The Inquisitr reported that Pastor Saeed was in “grave danger” in one of the “most dangerous institutions in the world.” He is currently hospitalized for internal injuries sustained during the first year of his eight year prison sentence. According to his attorneys with the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), Saeed is receiving some medical attention, but his much-needed surgery has not yet been addressed.

The plight suffered by an American citizen in Iran has captured the attention of people of faith all over the world. Raised as a Muslim, Saeed Abedini converted to Christianity in 2000. At one time he was a strong part of the underground church movement in Iran. However, at the time of his arrest in the summer of 2012, Saeed had returned to the country on a humanitarian mission – he was working to establish an orphanage for disadvantaged children. He was arrested and imprisoned for none other than his Christian faith.