For years, Nagme Panahi heroically advocated for the release of her husband, Iranian-American

pastor Saeed Abadini, from an Iranian prison. Yet months before his release, Nagme revealed

a dark secret that for years, Saeed had been physically, emotionally, and sexually abusing her.

Yet rather than rallying to support this battered wife, Nagme says the Christian community abandoned

her. And some, including Franklin Graham and Jay Sekulow, even pressured her to deny the abuse.

Welcome to the Roy's Report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth

and restoring the church. I'm Julie Roy's. And today I continue my interview with Nagmei Panahi.

And in this podcast, I'll be sharing emails from Franklin Graham showing how Nagme was treated.

I'll also be playing exclusive audio from a meeting Nagme had with Franklin Graham

in 2016. And as you'll hear, despite Nagme's insistence that she doesn't feel safe with Saeed,

Graham repeatedly pressures her to come to North Carolina and submit to face-to-face counseling

with Saeed. You'll also hear part of a convocation at Liberty

University where Said is praised as a hero of the faith. This convocation happened several months

after Nagme went public about Said's abuse. The entire story is incredibly sobering, but it's also

necessary to bring to light how battered women

are treated in the church. But before we hear the rest of Nagme's story, I want to take a minute

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