Iranian church urges prayer as horror of crackdown emerges. As the scale of horror caused by the authorities’ brutal clampdown on unrest in Iran continues to emerge, Christians from the country are urging their global family to remain in prayer. Since the protests began last month, at least 25,000 people have been killed. “I managed to speak with my family after two weeks,” Majid* shares. “Praise God they are alive, but they are not well. Even their voices are different. I heard that my brother was kept in prison for ten days and beaten almost to death. They were afraid to share more details because of monitoring.” “The church in Iran wants to be salt and light in this moment,” Ziba* adds. “We want to bring truth and hope to our nation. Please pray that God shows us how to love our community with the hope of Jesus.”
