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    Unhappy Pastor Saeed Abedini Files for Divorce from Wife Naghmeh

    After lobbying for years to be reunited with her husband imprisoned for his Christian faith in Iran, Naghmeh Abedini, the estranged wife of Pastor Saeed Abedini, revealed on Tuesday that her husband, who was released from prison earlier this year, has filed for divorce and he believes it is the "only path toward healing."

    "It is with a heavy and broken heart that I inform all of you who have prayed and wept with our family the last few years, that Saeed has rejected counseling for anger and abuse and has filed for a divorce. There will be a time to share more fully, but for now, we appreciate your prayers," Nagmeh announced to her nearly 85,000 followers on Facebook Tuesday evening.

    In a separate announcement Wednesday evening, Pastor Abedini confirmed the divorce action noting that he was "deeply saddened" but believes the "only path toward healing is apart."

    "My heart is deeply saddened to be sharing the news that Naghmeh and I will be divorcing. She has been my wife of 12 years and she will always be the wonderful mother to our amazing children. While we have experienced struggles, she, along with my children will forever be my heroes, both for what they had to deal with during my imprisonment in Iran and for how they never gave up fighting for my freedom," he said.


    "There are no words to describe the ongoing effect of the trauma I experienced and my family has experienced both during and in the aftermath of my imprisonment. We are different people, and we are hurting people. It pains me to say, but I have decided the only path toward healing is apart, and not together," he continued.

    The Abedinis, who have two young children, have been in the public eye since he was placed under house arrest and later imprisoned for three-and-a-half years in his native Iran in 2012 for participating in Christian home churches.

    While imprisoned, Pastor Abedini's wife made many public appearances lobbying for his freedom including giving a speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2013. She also met privately with President Obama when he visited the couple's current hometown in Boise, Idaho, in 2015.


    In November that year, just two months before Pastor Abedini was released from imprisonment in Iran, Naghmeh shocked her supporters when she announced that she was suspending her public advocacy for her husband, citing continued psychological and sexual abuse in her marriage among other reasons.

    On the same day that Pastor Abedini returned home to Boise this year, however, online court records cited by the Idaho Statesman said Naghmeh filed a domestic relations case in Ada County against her husband as well as a petition for legal separation.

    She sought a temporary restraining order concerning the couple's two children and property owned by them.

    "I love my husband, but as some might understand, there are times when love must stop enabling something that has become a growing cancer. We cannot go on the way it has been. I hope and pray our marriage can be healed," she later told her followers on Facebook.

    The Idaho Statesman also reported that Pastor Abedini pleaded guilty to domestic battery following a July 2007 incident at the couple's West Boise home and was sentenced to 90 days in jail, which was suspended.
    An incident report reveals that Pastor Abedini got into an argument with his wife and shoved her several times during the incident.

    Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/pa...31CUX2h9Ml7.99


    The saddest part of this story is the physical abuse against his wife. I never knew or read this was happening prior to his imprisonment. I'm shocked to say the least.
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    That's too bad... maybe they'll get back together later on.

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    Very sad...there is still hope

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    Yes, let's pray for them...divorce is not the 'only path to healing apart'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Quest View Post
    Yes, let's pray for them...divorce is not the 'only path to healing apart'.
    Yes, I have and will pray again. I prayed fervently for his and Asia Bibi's release, so this is even more sad to me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Valiant Woman View Post
    ...The saddest part of this story is the physical abuse against his wife. I never knew or read this was happening prior to his imprisonment. I'm shocked to say the least.
    We had a thread going about his abuse to her earlier in the year:

    http://livingfaithforum.com/forum/sh...Relations-Case

    Here's her FB page:

    https://www.facebook.com/NaghmehAbedini?fref=nf

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    Abuse should be taken seriously and support shown to his wife and children but I have to disagree how she goes on FB to tell everyone the details without us knowing the full picture. What it does is bring in supporters who have an axe to grind against their ex husbands and spread their own bias publically

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    Quote Originally Posted by krystian View Post
    We had a thread going about his abuse to her earlier in the year:

    http://livingfaithforum.com/forum/sh...Relations-Case

    Here's her FB page:

    https://www.facebook.com/NaghmehAbedini?fref=nf
    Thanks Krystian. I miissed it. I wasn't visiting very often at the time. I'm still shocked though.
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