800,000 Iranian Christians: 'Resilient, Prayerful and Deeply Rooted in Hope' After U.S. Strikes

800,000 Iranian Christians: 'Resilient, Prayerful and Deeply Rooted in Hope' After U.S. Strikes

After U.S. and Israeli strikes hit Iran over the weekend and Iranian state media confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian Christians are responding with a mix of grief, fear and hope that the upheaval could open space for long-denied religious freedom. Open Doors, a Christian NGO which tracks persecution worldwide, estimates there are roughly 800,000 Christians in Iran, many of them converts who worship in undergroun…