For the past three years Naghmeh Abedini has publicly battled her husband’s captors, advocating for his release from an Iranian jail. Behind the scenes, she also struggled with his inner demons. Last week, the emotional distress of doing both finally proved too much, she said. In two emails to supporters, Abedini revealed details of her troubled marriage to Saeed Abedini, an American citizen and pastor imprisoned in Iran since September 2012. Those troubles include “physical, emotional, psychological, and sexual abuse (through Saeed’s addiction to pornography),” she wrote. The abuse started early in their marriage and has worsened during Saeed’s imprisonment, she said. The two are able to speak by phone and Skype/Bob Smietana, Christianity Today. More here.

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