As President Trump weighs his options and gives the Islamic Regime in Tehran “two weeks at most” to make a peace deal, pro-Israel American Christian organizations came out in support of the President’s efforts to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power, and to ask him to stand boldly with the Iranian people in their fight for freedom, as Israel National News reports.
Backed by pro-Israel Christians across the country, the campaign led by former Kansas governor and Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback of the Change Iran Coalition, The Israel Allies Foundation (IAF) and American Christian Leaders for Israel (ACLI) urged President Trump to take the steps necessary to eliminate the Iranian nuclear threat once and for all.
“The regime ruling Iran today is an illegitimate theocracy that oppresses its own people and threatens Christians, Jews, and other believers throughout the Middle East,” the Change Iran Coalition declared. “This authoritarian dictatorship denies basic human rights to Iranians and serves as the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.”
According to IAF, Christians are imprisoned, tortured, and even executed for their faith in Iran. Bahá’ís, Jews, Sunni Muslims, and Zoroastrians face systematic discrimination.
“In the past two decades, Iran has had the fastest growing church in the world—even though the Bible is illegal,” according to Iranian Christian convert Nima Alizadeh. Converting to Christianity can be punishable by death in Iran. Nevertheless, one-third of the population in Iran are now Christians, often worshipping in secret in house churches to escape the regime’s agents.
“Professing faith in Jesus in a place like Iran is not for the faint in heart,” Christian website Crossway writes. “Despite more people coming to faith in Jesus, Muslim hostility toward Christians has remained the norm. House churches are the only churches in Iran, because, of course, the Bible is illegal. And if a house church is found out, the consequences are likely to be as severe as what we in the West hear about in the news. These risks result in a lengthy process of sometimes multiple months of meetings with a house church member outside of regular meetings to determine genuine faith in Christ. Even one slip-up could put the entire house church in danger.”
“The promotion of Christianity in Iran must be stopped,” Ayatollah Khorasani stated in 2024, heralding a brutal crackdown on Christians, who face persecution, harassment, and violence for their beliefs. In some cases, they are charged with vague offenses such as “acting against national security” or “spreading corruption on Earth,” which carry severe penalties, including death, the Times of Israel reports.
The Iranian people are denied free elections, freedom of worship, and even the right to free speech. Every political candidate is hand-selected by the regime to ensure its continued grip on power. Rather than invest in healthcare, infrastructure, or economic development, the regime diverts its oil wealth to fund terror, the organization said. Iran finances Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and proxy militias across Iraq, Syria, and Yemen — groups that have killed American soldiers, murdered Israeli civilians, and destabilized the region.
“Iran’s support for terrorism has brought suffering to millions,” the Change Iran Coalition warned. “This is a regime that sows chaos from Gaza to Yemen while crushing its own people at home.”
“Before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran was a vibrant, modern society with growing religious freedoms and opportunities for women. But since then, the regime has ruled with brutal theocratic control — crushing dissent, imprisoning and torturing Christians, and severely oppressing women. Iran’s leaders have exported their revolution through terror proxies like Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis, leaving a trail of bloodshed across the region,” said American Christian Leaders for Israel (ACLI) director Susan Michael.
“America must not repeat the mistakes of the past — when we failed to support Iran’s Green Movement and remained largely silent during the women-led uprisings. Now is the time for bold leadership. We are proud to stand with the Change Iran Coalition in calling for real support for the Iranian people, real accountability for the regime, and real resolve to stop Iran’s nuclear ambitions before it’s too late.”
“The time has come to act with strength, not hesitation,” said Josh Reinstein, President of the Israel Allies Foundation. “Christians across America — who form the backbone of the Republican Party — are rallying together to call on President Trump to support Israel and join the charge against the Iranian nuclear threat. This could be President Trump’s finest hour — a moment to make history by joining forces with Israel and finally putting an end to the greatest danger facing the free world today.”
The call comes as President Trump weighs getting involved in Israel’s military action against Iran by deploying B-2 stealth bombers to drop its 30,000-pound bunker-busting GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator , which was specifially designed to take out the Iranian nuclear site at Fordow, deep underground.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is not attempting to topple the Iranian government, noting that he wouldn’t be surprised if that happened as a result of the ongoing Israeli airstrikes since June 13, however. American boots on the ground are not at issue.
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