Journal Chretien
La Magazine Chrutiun
Iranian Imam Receives
Christ Via Satellite TV, Escapes Country
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Four More Imams May Be Believers
By Mark Ellis
TULSA, OKLAHOMA — One of the top Islamic leaders in Iran accepted Christ
and left the country after facing death threats and imprisonment, according to
an Iranian pastor living in the U.S.
The imam watched satellite programming supplied by TBN Nejat
TV (www.nejattv.org), according to Reza Safa, founder
and president of Harvesters World Outreach. TBN Nejat
TV is the first all-Christian network in the Persian language, broadcasting
24/7 into
The imam called one of the phone counselors connected to TBN Nejat TV and prayed to receive Christ in early February.
“The man has been watching our TV programs for the past two years,” Safa noted. “He said he has believed since he began watching
the programs but his salvation was sealed through his confession.”
“This man knows all the verses of the Qur’an by heart,” he added. “After he
began watching, doubt began in his heart about the Islamic faith.” The man
spent nine months in prison after he questioned the violence of radical Islam.
Following his release from prison, he faced numerous death threats and escaped
the country.
Several other religious leaders may follow suit. “He knows four other
high-ranking imams that are in the same condition and want to leave
The imam who fled left everything behind. “His salary was 700,000 of their
monetary units every month,” Safa noted. “He was
honored and respected, but when the gospel came to him he lost everything,” he
noted. “Now he is a poor refugee in a foreign country.”
“God is shaking the foundation of Islam in
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