JERUSALEM, Israel – The protests in Iran, now in their thirteenth day, may have come to a tipping point. Millions are now pouring onto the streets. The spread of the protests gives some hope that the nearly fifty-year Islamist dictatorship may be headed for collapse.
From Isfahan to Tehran and all of Iran’s 31 provinces, millions of Iranians are calling for the overthrow of the regime and for death to the dictator.
President Trump posted on Truth Social that more than a million rallied in the streets of Iran’s second-largest city, forcing regime forces to leave.
In some cities. protesters are attacking police headquarters and the dreaded Basij, the shock troops used by the regime to quench the protests. So far, more than two thousand protesters have been arrested and dozens killed.
The U.S. State Department is publishing posts in Persian to the Iranian people with President Trump’s statement that if the regime kills protesters, the U.S. will intervene.
In an attempt to smother those protests, the mullahs are shutting down the Internet, and some reports are emerging of massacres by government forces during the blackout.
Despite the Internet shutdown, the momentum of the movement is escalating.
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Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi issued a call for action during two days this week.
He declared, “Starting precisely at 8 pm wherever you are, whether in the streets or even from your own homes, I call on you to begin chanting exactly at this time. Based on your response, I will announce the next calls to action.”
Many believe that Iranians are now looking to Pahlavi.
Global terrorism expert Amir Hamidi told CBN News, “They are chanting, ‘The final battle.’ This is more important because they are chanting, this is the final battle. Pahlavi will return because it’s a clear vision. They do have. They want the Islamic Republic overturned, and they want the Pahlavi regime back. Return to their own identity.”
Despite decades of tyranny, the gospel has flourished, according to Hormuz Shariat of Iran Alive Ministries.
He told CBN News’ Gary Lane, “Every year I see things in Iran that cannot get any worse. And then it does. Then spiritually, I say this cannot get any better. People in Iran are so open to the gospel. And then it gets better. If you look at the number of salvations, if you look at our curve of the number of people who have come to salvation, we start small. Ten, 25 years ago.”
He added, “But it’s growing exponentially. It’s amazing, the curve jumping, the number of people coming to Christ is growing exponentially and quickly.”
