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God continues to do an amazing work in Iran. Many thousands of Iranians are coming to faith in Christ. We share this article from Open Doors.<\/p>\nGod continues to do an amazing work in Iran. Many thousands of Iranians are coming to faith in Christ. We share this article from Open Doors.<\/p>\n
“As persecution against Christians intensifies in Iran, the church is standing strong. In fact, it\u2019s growing! In this Middle Eastern country where both conversion from Islam and sharing your faith are illegal, Muslims are rapidly coming to Christ\u2014so rapidly that Iran\u2019s government leaders are acknowledging the exponential growth of the church.<\/p>\n
Addressing a gathering of Shia Muslim leaders, Iran\u2019s Intelligence Minister, Mahmoud Alavi, openly admitted to summoning Christian converts for questioning, saying that mass conversions \u201care happening right under our eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alavi admitted his agency is collaborating with Muslim religious seminaries to combat the perceived threat of mass conversions to Christianity across the country.<\/p>\n
In his speech, Alavi also admitted that \u201cthese converts are ordinary people, whose jobs are selling sandwiches or similar things.\u201d According to Article 18\u2019s Advocacy Director Mansour Borji, this admission represents a \u201chuge shift\u201d away from Iran\u2019s usual rhetoric that converts are agents of the West who have undergone significant training to undermine national security.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is also interesting to see the intelligence minister admit to \u2018whole families\u2019 converting,\u201d Borji said, noting that this is \u201can admission that such conversions are far from a rare event; rather they are happening en masse, and across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
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