Jacob Pursley

That's most important for me.

And unfortunately, we've seen a lot of difficult things happen in the country of Syria up until now.

And what I've seen is that there is a good relationship with Syria and Armenia based on Armenian population that has been native in Syria since the Armenian genocide.

And they are... So there's...

There's good relationships among the peoples because of there's Armenians in Syria and Armenians in Armenia.

But it's really unfortunate what's happened to specifically my expertise is the Kurdish populations.

That is a very good question.

Unfortunately, when you're under an Islamic regime, they have rules where you are not allowed to propagate your religion.

And if you do, you can be communally punished.

So, you know, wearing a public display of a cross in Iran, in other Islamic countries, is illegal.

So there's been a pressure and an oppression on ethnic Christian communities to really just survive.

And if they do try to reach out in their communities, which they have, now that happened in Iran with a man named Haikov Sepian.

And he was one of those Armenians within Iran that did share his faith, but he was also murdered for that.

So if you're very active in sharing your faith, it can be very dangerous for you.

And it is a miracle, though, that the ethnic Christians have survived this long, even under Islamic suppression.

Well, when we're talking to the Christian populations, I think people are very hopeful for Iran at this moment.

I mean, the book of Jeremiah 49 has a promise for Iran that God will restore its fortunes after it's been destroyed.

It's a really interesting prophecy.

And so there's a lot of Christians that are looking at the Bible

and they're looking at what's happening internally in Iran, and they're seeing a move from Islam.