pressure on iran to release an
iranian-born american christian
pastor who was recently
sentenced to eight years in
prison there.
saeed abedini was convicted last
month of threatening iran's
national security by helping to
expand the house church
movement.
80 members of the u.s. congress
wrote to secretary of state john
kerry calling on him to exhaust
every possible option to secure
abedini's release.
>>> we have a special report
today on the city in the u.s.
that has become nearly as
identified with evangelical
protestants as rome is with
catholics or mecca, with
muslims.
it is colorado springs,
colorado, where our
correspondent saul gonzales
found that the most prominent
religious institution there,
focus on the family, is tryin t
to soften its image as an
ultra-conservative leader in the
culture wars.
>> reporter: with pike's peak as
a backdrop, the citizens of