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Welcome back to on the -- policies dot com live I'm Jonathan Hunt joined now in the studio by Perry -- Montana rippled with foxnews.com.
I'm carrying -- doing this it's very disturbing say this is an American Christians.
Went over to Iran got arrested.
Family didn't doesn't necessarily know everything that's happening to him and he's is apparently he looked a bit prison with the aid disturbing history.
Yes seven prison is one the most notorious prisons not only in Iran in the Middle East but the world.
Grew conditions.
Horrendous interrogation procedures.
Prisoners don't even have the right to fair trial -- -- and having.
-- and -- how Obama is the is the headline that.
On.
On Fox -- don't come with this story.
And it it really does sound like some of the details are very just give us some of the details of what goes -- what is alleged to go home.
Yes we were we were able to you can contact with some former prisoners of that in and they described in detail what their process was the moment we spoke to one prisoner former prisoner.
Who was brought in immediately blindfolded and kept the hall.
We interrogation blindfolded if she had moved to make -- sound she would have been beaten.
This -- interrogation process.
Which Christiane quickly escalated and -- yelled at threatened and beaten.
Then after that she was subjected to -- -- -- that when we she could walk.
Than they would stop.
-- make her walk while while the -- swollen feet and then repeat the process all over again.
Then she started solitary confinement promotes well and he spoke to others as well -- -- -- little stories somewhere stories.
They were conditions they're packed themselves -- as many sixty people.
If they weren't able to take care of their hygiene properly.
Food scarcely one allowed treat anything other than.
The -- Any TV that was -- in prison was just.
-- team on television.
And and trials of other prisoners.
Now do we have any detail at all on exactly how -- This current American prisoner held day.
Is being treated it's hard to get a clear indication what's going on.
Peace he was just sentenced to eight years so a trial.
He it's alleged that he may be moved to another prison.
But there's no real clear answers -- we here in America can't get definitive answer the government's not really telling the complete story to his family and I ran.
-- is it doing it was he arrested because he was preaching.
Because preaching christianity.
-- is illegal in Iraq is yes.
-- -- it's kind of a -- his sore he originally had started was part of what's known as house church movement out there.
Where -- set up churches for for people proxy Christian faith he he is.
You've converted from Islam back into the ninth 2000 which is -- believe forbidden that if you're if you're wondering your question your fine.
As long as you don't preach to people who practice the Muslim faith.
He was he was he had moved to America got married.
He went back to -- some humanitarian work.
He was arrested in this is a few years ago they did let him go they said they were dropped the charges.
They say he'd come back and humanitarian work.
Fast forward to now he went back to help build an orphanage with the state and that's when he was arrested for crimes -- -- -- told them.
What would not be counted against them.
Men -- but I guess that.
One is preaching what is just chatting to a friend over a little lunch was preaching it's a hot line to draw maybe wait don't.
It is -- anything where your perceived as going against.
Islamic law and and and and the regime there preaching human kind having a conversation about your faith is a true it's -- before been.
It all right very interesting and that -- we'll stay on top of this story.
You can get more updates all bets -- -- on foxnews.com and as we just show you.
Should you held -- -- among the story is right that.
Folks -- don't -- -- go check it out so very disturbing thought this guy is there and his family struggling to distance contact with -- because -- Thanks very much very good to see -- always thanks we have just.
