ICC Note: More information continues to emerge concerning the health of Iranian Christian prisoner Maryam Zargaran. Though finally released on Monday to receive proper medical treatment, Zargaran’s decline has been severe. Saeed Abedini, who spent three years in prison for his faith and close friend of Zargaran explained how she is “just one step from death” now. When released, the local hospital refused to treat her. Instead her sister-in-law who is a doctor is treating her at home.

06/08/2016 Iran (Christian Post): American Pastor Saeed Abedini has revealed that his close friend, Maryam (Nasim) Naghash Zargaran, who was held in Iranian prison for her Christian faith, is in extreme pain and “one step from death” after being temporarily released to receive medical treatment.

“Bail was put up for Nasim and she is now home. I got to talk to her. She got time from prison but there is still a high possibility they will have to take her back after a week or so. I think they allowed this to shut down the news. I saw her, and she looks like she is just one step from death,” Abedini wrote in a Facebook update on Monday.

“She went to the hospital to get treatment after her temporary release and they recognized her and wouldn’t treat her. Her sister in law is a doctor and she is now in her house to help her start eating,” he added.

BosNewsLife reports that Zargaran was serving a four-year prison term in Evin Prison, with authorities accusing her of working against the Iranian government. The Christian woman was part of Abedini’s ministry in Iran, and continued to support the pastor even after his imprisonment.

Zargaran has been suffering from a number of health issues while in prison, and up until now the Iranian authorities had refused to let her receive the medical treatment that she needs.

Middle East Concern said that the Christian convert should have been released sooner, given the severity of her condition, linked to heart surgery she underwent nine years ago.

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