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The Strange Case Of The Pastor Released From Iran And His Wife's Abuse Allegations
Naghmeh Abedini rapidly rose to religious freedom superstardom in Christian circles in recent years.
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Wife Of US Pastor Freed By Iran Says Husband Threatened End Of Marriage
The wife of Saeed Abedini, an American pastor freed this month from an Iranian prison as part of a prisoner swap, said on Wednesday that her husband had threatened the end of their marriage and she had taken legal action to ensure their children remain in Idaho.
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2 Americans Held In Iran Arrive Home After Prisoner Swap
A Christian minister and a former US Marine who were released by Iran in a prisoner swap returned to the United States on Thursday after years behind bars in the Islamic Republic.
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Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio Say Iran Prisoner Swap A 'Dangerous Precedent'
Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio praised Iran's release of five detained Americans on Sunday, but sharply criticized the deal the White House made to win their freedom saying it would lead to more Americans being taken "hostage."
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How US-Iran Prisoner Swap Drama Unfolded In Fits And Starts
The first glimpse of a secretly negotiated US-Iran prisoner exchange came on Saturday in a flurry of early morning electronic filings in federal courts from New York to California as prosecutors dropped sanctions violations cases against more than half a dozen Iranians.
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Wife Of Pastor Saeed Abedini, Jailed In Iran For His Faith, Explains The 'Shock' Of His Release
American evangelical pastor Saeed Abedini is among the four Americans Iran who were released on Saturday, according to U.S. and Iranian officials. For more than three years, evangelical activists have pressed President Barack Obama to push for his release, arguing that it should be part of a larger nuclear deal.
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Four Of Five US Prisoners Still In Iran
Four Americans released as part of a prisoner swap with Iran are still inside the country, a senior US official said Saturday.
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Iran Frees Jason Rezaian, Three Other Dual-American Citizens
Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post's Tehran correspondent, was among four Iranian-Americans freed Saturday in a prisoner swap, as a nuclear deal with world powers edged closer to being sealed.
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Americans Seek Swap In US Reporter Case, says Iranian Official
Unnamed Americans have contacted Iran for a deal to swap Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, convicted and jailed in Iran on spying charges, for other unspecified detainees, according to a senior Iranian official quoted on Sunday.
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Barack Obama Meets Wife of Pastor Jailed in Iran
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday met the wife of a Christian pastor who has been jailed in Iran for over two years, vowing to work to win his release.
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The Strange Case Of The Pastor Released From Iran And His Wife's Abuse Allegations
Naghmeh Abedini rapidly rose to religious freedom superstardom in Christian circles in recent years.
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Wife Of US Pastor Freed By Iran Says Husband Threatened End Of Marriage
The wife of Saeed Abedini, an American pastor freed this month from an Iranian prison as part of a prisoner swap, said on Wednesday that her husband had threatened the end of their marriage and she had taken legal action to ensure their children remain in Idaho.
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2 Americans Held In Iran Arrive Home After Prisoner Swap
A Christian minister and a former US Marine who were released by Iran in a prisoner swap returned to the United States on Thursday after years behind bars in the Islamic Republic.
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Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio Say Iran Prisoner Swap A 'Dangerous Precedent'
Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio praised Iran's release of five detained Americans on Sunday, but sharply criticized the deal the White House made to win their freedom saying it would lead to more Americans being taken "hostage."
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How US-Iran Prisoner Swap Drama Unfolded In Fits And Starts
The first glimpse of a secretly negotiated US-Iran prisoner exchange came on Saturday in a flurry of early morning electronic filings in federal courts from New York to California as prosecutors dropped sanctions violations cases against more than half a dozen Iranians.
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Wife Of Pastor Saeed Abedini, Jailed In Iran For His Faith, Explains The 'Shock' Of His Release
American evangelical pastor Saeed Abedini is among the four Americans Iran who were released on Saturday, according to U.S. and Iranian officials. For more than three years, evangelical activists have pressed President Barack Obama to push for his release, arguing that it should be part of a larger nuclear deal.
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Four Of Five US Prisoners Still In Iran
Four Americans released as part of a prisoner swap with Iran are still inside the country, a senior US official said Saturday.
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Iran Frees Jason Rezaian, Three Other Dual-American Citizens
Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post's Tehran correspondent, was among four Iranian-Americans freed Saturday in a prisoner swap, as a nuclear deal with world powers edged closer to being sealed.
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Americans Seek Swap In US Reporter Case, says Iranian Official
Unnamed Americans have contacted Iran for a deal to swap Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, convicted and jailed in Iran on spying charges, for other unspecified detainees, according to a senior Iranian official quoted on Sunday.
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Barack Obama Meets Wife of Pastor Jailed in Iran
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday met the wife of a Christian pastor who has been jailed in Iran for over two years, vowing to work to win his release.
