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Nightmare of a husband and father imprisoned in Iran

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    Wife gets letter from jailed pastor describing prison abuse

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Some brand new developments now in the case of the jailed American pastor.

So I -- out -- Dini now speaking out about the physical and mental torture that he is undergoing.

At a brutal and -- in prison in a letter.

That has just been released here's what he's saying about his own treatment there.

The psychological warfare a year of not seeing my family physical violence actions committed to humiliate me insults being mocked being confronted with extremists.

In the prison who create another prison within the prison walls and the death threats.

Is quite a story that this man has endurance I -- -- a Dini is one of an estimated 130000.

Christians.

Who are persecuted who are tortured or killed according to the most recent numbers every single year.

Around the world I'm joined now by next may -- -- -- she is nice wife Angela and secular who's been helping -- may in her effort to get her husband back.

He is executive director Jordan is of the American Center for Law and Justice welcome back to the show both of you.

I'm glad to have you let us time and that -- -- you've been so strong throughout this whole process but.

Now you've gotten a window in this letter into what your husband is enduring how do you how do you stand it.

It's fair at.

Very typical hearing and reading that letter when I first received that it was heart wrenching and knowing what he's going through every day that.

Every day is.

Every -- and there is is the survival.

Jordan this is basically he has said.

That this will continue.

They are only waiting for one thing he says for me to deny Christ but they will never get this from me this is an incredibly.

Courageous.

Pastor.

And that's a new development Martha you know that the torture.

Psychological.

-- psychological warfare that site talks about and be physical torture.

He is if you know he's written about and we know about from the V imprisoned in Tehran it's one of those brutal prisons in the world.

But but to add to that this new threat that hey if you'll just you'll leave your faith.

Convert back to Islam.

We'll let you go -- he says in the letter very clearly that's the one thing they want from it.

Not it's not -- a charge about anything else the fact that they're calling the national security threat.

Would it all boils down to if you accept his -- to get your free to go -- that's even if you believe the regime.

Which there's no reason to -- this is a letter that is not easy to get out.

Eddie is that not easy for -- -- to talk about not easy for anyone to read as you just show marked an and we know this is daily life for site -- -- -- -- -- More and surgery and and a little bit more of this he says my eyes get -- my body does not have the strength to walk.

My -- become very weak and shaky and then he goes on to talk about how he knows that there are only waiting for one thing that -- you know does any part of you say.

You know just give them what they want if that if that will allow you to be released -- to come home to our family.

Unfortunately anti -- and at the beginning Christians.

-- persecuted all over the world -- one of the largest groups that are.

Being persecuted and killed for their faith and my husband.

And I can never when I read that -- that he's put under pressure but he will never tonight -- I was very encouraged that's his character he stands up for what he believes and he won't he won't back down at the easy route would be to say okay.

I will do with you say and how I'll get to go home and see my kids in my life but.

I'm proud of -- for not -- and standing up for what he believes it's right and I.

Pay and I ask everyone to stand up with them.

For to stand up with them for is basic human right of their religious freedom for being a Christian.

You know short and you think about the discussions about torture -- -- in this country.

And here's an American citizen.

A pastor.

And I wonder you know -- we've done this a lot of course on on Fox's story but where.

Where's the outrage where is the State Department where is President Obama.

You know yesterday we -- in terms of human rights he he stood next to a statue of Rosa Parks and rightfully so.

So what about the people like -- eight -- Dini and and the president's discussion.

And focus on him.

Well we know there's a 103 members of congress including about a quarter of the US cities have spoken out for -- -- -- we've had people like.

Lindsey Graham -- grants directly call for the president.

To speak out on this the president has not done that himself.

And John Kerry secretary Kerry senator rubio is office is working closely.

-- hoping that he heard that relationship around from what we saw -- the past secretary of state.

And the State Department we're going to international -- this you know we we've given our government go a long time to act I hope they do we're we're heading to the UN we've already got -- that the United Nations.

Working on this with a number of countries because -- read a letter like this you realize.

Time's running out to get a comment from the president time's running of the -- another statement.

From the state depart we have to go wherever we -- and there are big -- open.

And you know it's going to be interesting to see in -- conclave how much focus -- on this international persecution.

Christians around the world and the global war.

Against christianity that has been written about so extensively.

And not make thank you so much -- stay strong we wish you all the -- -- your children.

And -- thank you we'll stay on top of it with your how.

They sort of -- and she has been terrific little news to me are very popular well.

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