Iranian president Hassan Rouhani spoke before the United Nations General Assembly Thursday despite protests from Iranian-Americans who feel Iran’s human rights situation has worsened after sanctions were modified earlier this year.
Pastor Saeed Abedini, one of four American hostages released from Iran in January, shared his disbelief of Rouhani’s annual speech during an interview with FOX Business Network’s Trish Regan.
“I was just telling people that imagine leader of ISIS come to the United States after 30 years of all the executions that they did and leaders of the world shaking his hand. It’s unbelievable,” Abedini said.
Abedini said he and other hostages were left to fend for themselves after flying from Iran to Germany when they were released after the Obama Administration’s $400 million payment to Iran.
After spending a few days in a hospital in Germany, Adedini was surprised to hear that he needed to buy his own plane ticket home.
“We were actually all shocked because I came out; I just had prison clothes and [they] just told us you need to buy your own ticket.”
Abedini said he was physically and psychologically tortured in the Iranian prison to the point where his stomach was bleeding for months from all the beatings.
“The whole last three to five years that I was there, it was just torturing, it was so hard,” Abedini said.
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Monday, September 26, 2016
"Buy your own ticket back to America"
Fox Business brings us some information about Pastor Saeed Abedini, who was held prisoner by Iran for several years, then released when Obama gave Iran another $400,000.
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