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Health deteriorates for American pastor in Iran prison

By REUTERS

DECEMBER 4, 2013 02:42

An Iranian-American pastor imprisoned in Iran for more than a year because of his Christian faith is in declining health for lack of proper nutrition and necessary medication, a group seeking his release said on Tuesday.

An Iranian court in January sentenced Saeed Abedini, 33, a naturalized US citizen, to eight years in prison for undermining national security by working to establish home-based Christian churches in Iran from 2000 to 2005.

The Washington-based American Center for Law and Justice, which has petitioned Congress and US President Barack Obama to seek Abedini's release, said on Tuesday that the pastor's father was allowed to visit him on Monday for the second time since he was moved a month ago to a prison that houses violent offenders.

"It's a worsening situation," said Gene Kapp, spokesman for the center. "His father reported that he has visibly lost weight, he is covered from head to toe with lice because of lack of basic hygiene and he has been refused medicine for internal injuries he suffered at the beginning of his incarceration."

The pastor's wife, Naghmeh Abedini, has said she feared for her husband's life in remarks made a day after Iran reached an interim deal with major world powers to accept restrictions on its nuclear program in exchange for limited relief from economic sanctions that have hobbled its economy and slashed its oil exports.

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