The wife of an American Christian pastor imprisoned in Iran for evangelizing is praying for a miracle as she awaits her husband's impending trial and possible death sentence. Naghmeh Abedini, who lives near Boise, Idaho, has been told by her husband’s attorneys that she should expect the worst at Monday's trial, where Saeed Abedini, a father of two, faces the capital charge of compromising national security. Those who have been following Mr Abedini’s trial believe the charges are directly related to his work nearly a decade ago when he started a house church movement in the Islamic country. Deep fear: Naghmeh Abedini, the wife of American Christian pastor Saeed Abedini, who was imprisoned in Iran for evangelizing, is praying for a miracle as she awaits her husband's impending trial and possible death sentence
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In November of 2005, Christian pastor Saeed Abedini, 32, and his wife Naghmeh, 35, were forced to flee Iran for evangelizing in the Islamic country
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In 2009, the couple decided to return to Iran and take a chance facing the charges against them
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Mr Abedini was arrested and sent back to the U.S.
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Last summer, the pastor and father of two went back to Iran to help open an orphanage with the state’s backing, his wife says
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He was arrested again and now faces trial on Monday
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