Thousands of Mosques Close: Why Christianity Is Soaring in Iran While Islam Is Collapsing
Amanda Gross
06-04-2026
For decades, Iran's Shiite government leaders have been obsessed with death. Since the Iranian Revolution in 1978, children have been raised on stories of martyrdom. Young men were taught that dying for Allah was the highest honor they could attain. But now, as thousands of mosques close and the Islamic regime loses its grip on the hearts of its people, something extraordinary is happening.
Islam is dying in Iran, but the underground church is alive!
Mohamad Faridi knows this reality firsthand.
WATCH Josh Doyle's full interview with Mohamad on the "No Longer Nomads" podcast :
As a young boy growing up in the early days of the Revolution in Iran, Mohamad's world was saturated with fear. The echoes of Quranic recitations filled his home. Images of martyrdom covered the walls of mosques. Mohamad's family was honored because their relatives had died as "Shahids" — martyrs for Islam. Streets in Tehran bear their family name in tribute to their sacrifice. From childhood, Mohamad was taught that the ultimate purpose of life was to die for Allah.
But underneath the devotion was terror.
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