Joint Subcommittee Hearing: Iran’s Persecution of American Pastor Abedini Worsens
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Opening Statements
Rep. Christopher H. Smith, Chairman
Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations
[full text of opening statement]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman
Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa
[full text of opening statement]
Witnesses
Katrina Lantos Swett, Ph.D.
Vice Chair
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
[full text of statement]
Ms. Naghmeh Abedini
Wife of Pastor Saeed Abedini
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]
Mr. Jordan Sekulow
Executive Director
American Center for Law and Justice
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]
Daniel Calingaert, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President
Freedom House
[full text of statement]
[truth in testimony form]
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