IRAN: I Don’t Regret Anything

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🗓️ 3 August 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Mike Ansari leads Heart4Iran, working with different ministries to reach Muslims in Iran with the gospel message, and to strengthen Iranian believers to withstand persecution and continue boldly serving Christ.

Dr. Mike will tell us the story of an Iranian Christian woman currently in prison for distributing Bibles inside Iran—a project supported by VOM—and how she is responding to persecution with boldness and grace, even witnessing for Christ inside the prison.

You’ll also learn how VOM partners with Christians from restricted nations to support and further their vision and ministry, and about the intense persecution Christians are facing right now inside Iran—where they are seen as one of the biggest threats to the Islamic Republic.

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0:00.0	When I say the word Iranian, what image comes to your mind?
0:04.8	A lot of Westerners assume an Iranian is an angry militant shouting death to America.
0:10.8	But Dr. Mike Ansari wants to shatter that stereotype.
0:15.6	An average Iranian, which is roughly about 70% of Iran's population,
0:20.6	they love everybody, they love the West, They love Americans. They love people of Israel.
0:25.0	And their peace-making fun-loving people that just, you go to their door, you knock on their door.
0:31.0	If you're from America from Israel from anywhere
0:34.1	they would open up the door bring you in and feed you all they have
0:40.3	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path. In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:47.0	He sent them out as sheep among wolves.
0:50.0	Jesus' words came true in the life of the Apostles, and they're still coming true today in the lives
0:55.6	of his followers around the world.
0:57.6	Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help. Right now now on the Voice of the Martyrs
1:04.0	radio network. Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs radio. My name is
1:08.0	Todd Nettleton and we are in our studio today in Bartlesville, Oklahoma with Dr. Mike Ansari. Dr Mike has been with us
1:16.2	before here on Voice of the Martish radio. He is with Heart for Iran as well as Mohabat TV, Dr Mike Ansari, welcome back to Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:27.0	It's good to be here.
1:28.0	Let's talk about Christians in prison right now in Iran. How many are there? I think there is more than we can
1:36.2	count. We don't have an accurate number, but we do know that in 2018 there was
1:40.7	an increase in the rates of underground churches inside the country of Iran and
1:46.0	majority of the people that have been involved in the race have been arrested.
1:50.2	What does a Christian go through in the process of being arrested, interrogated, locked in prison?
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