Source: Back to Jerusalem, April 1, 2025
Abdull was born the grandson of an Ayatollah in Iran and sent to a radical madrassa as a young boy. When he was only a teenager, he joined a secret elite Islamic unit and was sent on a mission of jihad, where he died.
He was venerated as a martyr of Islam, but then something amazing happened. A few days after Abdull’s body was placed in a morgue, he came back to life! What happened next changed Abdull’s view of Islam forever. His shocking transformation led him on a journey of grace, love, forgiveness and, most importantly, truth. What he discovered sent the religious leaders of Iran into a fury, eventually landing him on death row in an Iranian prison.
Read more. This story is also told in the 2024 book Jihad: The Day I Died.
Christians in Iran were sentenced to a combined total of over 250 years in prison in 2024, a sixfold increase over the year before, says the advocacy group Article 18. Read The Tip of the Iceberg, their annual report documenting human rights violations against Christians in Iran.