Kurds of Iran

Nearly 8 million Kurds live in Iran, one of the top ten most dangerous countries in the world. They have long been oppressed by the government, but these past few weeks, as protests triggered by the death of a Kurdish Iranian woman have erupted throughout Iran, the north and northwestern Kurdish-majority towns have especially come under fire. Iranian security forces have reportedly beaten women and children and gunned down unarmed crowds. As a result, many Kurds have fled across mine-peppered terrain, at risk of being shot down by armed forces, to cross the border into Iraq’s Kurdistan.

The Kurds trace their roots to the Medes of ancient Persia. Traditionally a nomadic people, grazing their flocks on rough mountain terrain, where clean water is scarce and diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis abound, many Kurds are very poor. Today, the majority of this unreached people group are Sunni Muslim, while some are Shia. A Bible exists in their language and is available online, but most Kurds have never seen one or heard the Good News about Christ.

Lord, we ask You, please, to have mercy on the Kurds, especially in Iran. Protect them and make a way for them to know the Gospel. Lift the veil from their minds and hearts so that when they hear about Jesus’ sacrifice for their sin, the Truth will set them free. Please be a Shield around every Kurdish believer and their families, hiding them from those who wish to do evil. Flow through them to spread Your love in such tangible ways the lost will be drawn to You like moths to a flame. Use this present persecution to multiply Your church by the thousands. In so many areas of Iran, people are turning to faith in Christ because they see the atrocities their Muslim countrymen are committing, and they want Love instead. So we ask You, Lord, to bring Christians to the Kurds to tell them of Jesus, to provide for those in need, to heal those who are injured or suffering, to comfort those who grieve, to counsel those who fear, and to demonstrate clearly what Your love is like. Save Iranians in positions of influence, and meet every Muslim, especially those bent on violence, abuse, rape, abduction and other atrocities, in such powerful ways, they fall to their knees before You in repentance, and choose salvation through Christ. Get up in their face and invade their space. Haunt their dreams at night and give them visions by day to show them the truth of Christ and to bring them face to face with Your plan of salvation. Let them see Your angels blocking their way every time they seek to do evil, so that they crumble with the weight of their sin and seek Your forgiveness and salvation. Awaken every heart in Iran to Your grace, O God, and change that nation for Your glory. In Your name, Jesus. Amen.

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