One million Iranian believers – claim

Iain Taylor  |  World
Date posted:  1 Aug 2023
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One million Iranian believers – claim

Graffiti on a wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran | photo: iStock

Two persecuted church agencies – Release International and Article 18 – have hailed the news that there are now well over a million practicing Christian believers in Iran. Almost all are converts from Islam.

Daniel Pipes, a Jewish researcher and author, was one of the first to notice the trend. In Newsweek he wrote ‘Something religiously astonishing is taking place in Iran, where an Islamist government has ruled since 1979: Christianity is flourishing. The implications are potentially profound.

‘Consider some testimonials: David Yeghnazar of Elam Ministries has said that “Iranians have become the most open people to the gospel.” And The Christian Broadcasting Network has found that “Christianity is growing faster in the Islamic Republic of Iran than in any other country.”

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