"""Saeed Abedini, a U.S. citizen of Iranian birth, was <a href=""""http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/16/middleeast/iran-jason-rezaian-prisoners-freed/index.html"""">freed</a> as part of a prisoner swap that included Washington Post journalist <a href=""""http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/16/media/jason-rezaian-released-iran/index.html"""">Jason Rezaian</a> on January 16. Abedini was <a href=""""http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/25/world/meast/iran-american-pastor-saeed-abedini/index.html"""" target=""""_blank"""">sentenced to eight years in prison</a> in January 2013. He was accused of attempting to undermine the Iranian government and endangering national security by establishing home churches. He was detained in Iran on September 26, 2012, according to the American Center for Law and Justice."""
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