She was indeed a tireless advocate, didn't see this turn of events coming at all.
Panahi said she hopes counseling will help resolve the marital problems.
I certainly hope so too.
Wow! I didn’t expect this.
I am totally gobsmacked?
Something is weird about this
Something does not fit with this situation.
She has been a tireless advocate for Saeed's release and for her sweet daughters' need for a full-time dad.
this is probably a case of not kicking her husband while he is down. I am sure he is devastated by the divorce but imagine if she chose to do it while he was a prisoner. divorce is never good but we really don’t know what there marriage was like before he was taken by the Iranians and it really is not our business now. all we can do is pray that god helps them sort it all out.
Supposedly sexual and physical abuse and addiction to porn. Read about it a while ago.
Welcome home!.... not.
Franklin Graham posted this on his FB page today:
I was one of millions of people around the world praying for the release of Saeed Abedini, the American pastor imprisoned in Iran for his Christian faith. It was an honor to finally be able to meet him last week. This young man has spent 3 1/2 years of his life in jail for his faith, where he was beaten and tortured.
While we rejoice at his new freedom, we now lift him and his wife Naghmeh to the Lord for healing in their marriage. Other than God, no one knows the details and the truth of what has happened between Saeed and Naghmeh except them. There’s an old saying that there are at least two sides to every story. I can tell one thing for sure—not everything that has been reported in the media is true.
As a minister of the Gospel, I have tried to be a friend to both and to assist them in getting Saeed home and in getting access to any help that they may need. Clearly, there is a great need for prayer for their relationship and their family. God has answered prayer by bringing about Saeed’s release from prison, and now, Satan would like nothing more than to continue to destroy their lives. It is my prayer that this will not happen.
Every indication we’ve had during his captivity is he is a Godly man....
.....and I’m sure Franklin Graham wouldn ‘t have pursued his release so vigorously if this were not true.
Something is very very wrong.
The Idaho Falls radio show read the whole statement she made this morning. They were gobsmacked. Who saw this coming was about all they could say.
Not at all unexpected.
Happened quite often to POW’s coming back from Vietnam.
(Jan 6)The erasure of Pastor Saeed occurred sooner than I thought.
We will see what comes out. I'm not impressed with Nagmeh. I think she liked the attention she got as the wife of a martyr.
Gone for four years? Yeah, me thinks there’s another in the picture.
There had been rumors that there was some abuse in the past. That is neither here nor there regarding his release.
I’m withholding judgement though.
Seems that she is a woman who fought tirelessly for the man she once loved.
But the statistics are overwhelming that there is someone else in her life and probably has been for some time.
They have children. She may have worked for his release for their sake, and still for whatever reason, not wished to live with him again as his wife.