Naghmeh Abedini Panahi is a speaker, Bible teacher, cofounder, and executive director of Tahir Alnisa (“Setting Women Free”) Foundation, which serves women and children around the world impacted by domestic abuse. Naghmeh made national news when she publicly advocated for the release of her then husband, Saeed Abedini, who was imprisoned in Iran for his Christian faith. Through Saeed’s imprisonment Naghmeh was not only able to bring worldwide attention to the plight of the persecuted Christians, but she was also able to proclaim the Gospel to millions of people across the globe by speaking at human rights groups, major news outlets, the United Nations in Geneva, the European Parliament, Congress and have personal meetings with President Barrack Obama and Donald Trump. Naghmeh’s story is a story of God saving an ordinary immigrant Muslim girl from Iran and using her to proclaim His Gospel before kings. It is a story of persecution, abuse, unwanted divorce, and God’s amazing grace through it all.

Naghmeh’s autobiography, I Didn’t Survive: Emerging Whole After Deception, Persecution, and Hidden Abuse, is available on Amazon, Target, Barnes and Nobles and other bookstores.