I fought to free my persecuted husband from an Iranian prison but the distance showed me that I was the victim of his abuse

Naghmeh battled tirelessly to get her husband, who had been arrested for his Christian faith, released from an Iranian prison. But in the three and a half years he was away, God spoke to her about the abuse she had suffered at his hands.

“Wow. You are so well spoken and you look so good on camera!” What? Did they mean me? I could not believe they were talking about me. I had just finished a live interview with one of the most watched programs in America. Hannity of Fox News sent camera crews to my home in Boise, Idaho to interview me about my husband, an American pastor who was imprisoned in Iran because of his Christian faith.

As I looked into the camera and responded to Hannity through my earpiece, I could hear voices in my headed telling me how useless I was. I was timid in front of the camera remembering that specific voice that had called me ugly and worthless. I was embarrassed to be in front of the camera. What were people thinking? What if I didn’t say the right thing? It was a live interview after all and I only had one opportunity to rally support from the American people and people from all over the world to help get my husband out of the Iranian prison.