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Idaho pastor released from Iran violates restraining order

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Naghmeh Abedini, wife of U.S. citizen Saeed Abedini, right, who is being held in Iran, prays with Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2015, prior to a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing with testimony from four people whose family members are being held in Iran. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

FAITH UNDER FIRE: The persecuted church and people of faith

By Bill Devlin

Naghmeh Abedini, holds a necklace with a photograph of her husband, Saeed Abedini, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2015, during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing with four people whose family members are being held in Iran. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Iran’s Hassan Rouhani chided on persecution of religious minorities

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks in the Choctaw Nation on economic opportunities for underprivileged communities across the nation, on Wednesday, July 15, 2015, in Durant, Okla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

EDITORIAL: President Obama’s hissy fit over Iran question

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Sarah Hekmati (right), whose brother Amir Hekmati has been detained in Iran, speaks to Congress about her family. She is accompanied by Naghmeh Abedini (left), wife of detained U.S. citizen Saeed Abedini. (Associated Press)

American hostages held in Iran pleaded for by relatives

By Brennan Weiss - The Washington Times

American pastor Saeed Abedini is serving an eight-year prison sentence for proselytizing his Christian faith in the Islamic Republic of Iran. (American Center for Law and Justice)

Obama to meet with family of pastor jailed in Iran

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

American pastor Saeed Abedini is serving an eight-year prison sentence for proselytizing his Christian faith in the Islamic Republic of Iran. (American Center for Law and Justice)

Hundreds gather as pastor’s Iran imprisonment reaches two years

By Adelaide Mena - Catholic News Agency

American pastor Saeed Abedini is serving an eight-year prison sentence for proselytizing his Christian faith in the Islamic Republic of Iran. (American Center for Law and Justice)

DEACE: Obama brings a deserter home, but deserts American pastor imprisoned in Iran

American pastor Saeed Abedini is serving an eight-year prison sentence for proselytizing his Christian faith in the Islamic Republic of Iran. (American Center for Law and Justice)

American pastor serving 8 years in Iranian prison pens Easter message

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama closes his eyes as a prayer is offered at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. The president told the non-denominational gathering of political leaders that freedom of religion across the world is important to national security and is a central tenet of U.S. diplomacy. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Prayer Breakfast: Obama singles out Americans held in North Korea and Iran

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s feckless Iran actions

By our readers

EDITORIAL: An opportunity for Iran

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Iranian Christians attend Christmas Mass at St. Grigor Armenian Catholic Church in Tehran on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. Iran has arrested about 70 Christians since Christmas in a crackdown that demonstrates the limits of religious tolerance by Islamic leaders, who often boast they provide room for other faiths. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) **FILE**

Iran upholds conviction of American Christian pastor

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Frank R. Wolf

State Department dodges hearing on U.S. pastor detained in Iran

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times