pastor saheed, he's an american citizen, a resident of idaho, pastor saheed was in his native country of iran building an orphanage when he was sentenced eight years in prison for the crimes of sharing his christian faith. his wife and his two little kids live in idaho now. i had an opportunity to sit down with him. he shared a story before this sentence where she and her husband were both captured in iran and threatened in prison and was to be if only you renounce christ, we'll let you go. they both said no. she described how one of the commanding officers captured and all the other army officers to leave. he said tell me about this jesus. as pastor saheed -- while american government negotiates with iran in likelihood iran developing nuclear weapon capability that will threaten the national security of both israel and the united states. our president and our government have not been able to secure the release of an and citizen in an iranian prison. i'll tell you something incredible. during the time pastor saheed has been in prison, he has been able to lead dozens of fellow prisons

saheed abudini has been there since 2012. >> stay with al jazeera america for continuing coverage ofrmy sergeant bowe bergdahl's release and coming up at 3:00 p.m., the berg bergdahl family will hold a news conference at 3:00 p.m. right here on al jazeera america. >> coming up, we will have the rest of today's top stories. >> i'm joe berlinger this is the system i'd like to think of this show as a watch dog about the system... to make sure justice is being served. with our personal liberties taken away from us, it better be done the right way. is justice really for all? . >>vin's government is vowing to keep fighting pro-russian separatists until order is redestroyed. rebels have taken over as david schader reports, international monitors say conditions in the region are getting more dang dangerous by the day. >> driving east towards the russian border, you pass through checkpoints manned exclusiveily by cossacks. most are former miners but ranks have been reinforced as far afield as kazakhstan with more than a sprinkling of chechnyans. it was in this region the second team of monito