WND Columnist Agitates Against Iran, Part 2

Marziyeh Amirizadeh — the WorldNetDaily columnist whose sole claim to fame is having converted to Christianity in Iran — let her anti-Muslim (or is that Moslem?) freak flag fly in her Jan. 19 column:

Most people refer to the 1979 hijacking of Iran by extremist ayatollahs as the Islamic Revolution. I like to refer to it as the Demonic Revolution. I am praying that Iran’s demons will be exorcised shortly, allowing Iran to have a true spiritual revolution.

The history of Islam in Iran is relatively new as compared to its long-time proud Persian history. It was only introduced with a previous Islamic invasion and forcing of Persians to become Moslem, following one of the most extreme strains of Islam. The parallels to the 1979 Demonic Revolution are painfully similar. Today Iranians are demonstrating their contempt for Islam, not just by calling for the death of the ayatollahs, but by burning mosques. It’s also important to note that in the past decades since I became a Christian, the Islamic regime has had to close some 50,000 mosques because, even if Iranians were not burning the mosques, they had long ago abandoned Islam, leaving many, maybe most, empty.

The Islamic identity imposed on Iranians is not natural. Most Iranians who consider themselves Moslems at all are nominal Moslems. Most do not follow Islamic law, in fact run from it, and disavow it through their private actions. They understand that Islam is a host of lies, worshipping a god of punishment and intolerance.

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I am praying for God to show His divine power now as He did through the plagues He brought on Egypt to end hundreds of years of slavery of the Jewish people. Yes, then average Egyptians suffered the plagues equally. God took on what was then the world’s superpower, on their own turf. Showing His greatness. Leaving their false gods in the dust. When the Jewish people gained their freedom, countless “mixed multitudes” who witnessed God’s power and greatness joined the Jewish people to worship Him.

Amirizadeh is praying for Iran to be hit with plagues and slavery? Creepy.

She continued to rage in her Jan. 26 column:

The elimination of the Islamic Republic cannot come too soon. After 47 years since the Demonic Revolution that brought the ayatollahs to power, and Iranians to their knees, subjugated by the mullahs’ extremist Islam, Iranians need to be free. Iranians will celebrate the fall of the terrorist regime with glee, but to be complete there also needs to be justice for the perpetrators.

What’s needed is an Iranian version of the Nuremberg Trials.

While the ayatollahs’ seat of power physically is in Tehran, the spiritual seat of power is in their “holy city,” Qom. The Qom Trials will turn the city from which the Islamic Republic derived its theological “authority” abusing Iranians for decades into a capital of justice.

Amirizadeh then named names of those she fervently wished to be held accountable through such trials — mostly people who personally wronged her. She then showed her pro-Trump leanings:

Following President Trump’s post to encourage Iranians in early January – “KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price. I have canceled all meetings with Iranian officials until the senseless killing of protesters STOPS. HELP IS ON ITS WAY! MIGA!!!” – Iranians took to the streets and have continued to protest. Tens of thousands have been killed and hundreds of thousands injured.

She went on to creepily root for the executions of those who wronged her;

Like those found guilty in Nuremberg, the bodies of those who are sentenced to death should be cremated, their ashes dumped into the Persian Gulf in order to prevent ever setting up a shrine to them. The tomb of Ayatollah Khomeini should be burned to the ground, and its remains and his also dumped into the Gulf.

Doing this will serve as an additional form of justice for the hundreds of thousands or more victims of the Islamic Republic, many of whom were simply “disappeared” and have no resting place, and no closure for their loved ones. While their crimes cannot be erased, every physical presence of their lives can be.

As the Christian she claims to be, Amirizadeh might want to see what the Bible says about revenge.

As President Trump moved closer to taking military action against Iran, Amirizadeh gave her approval in a Jan. 30 column:

There have been recent reports of the U.S. issuing maximal demands on the Islamic Republic of Iran to avoid a threatened military attack, and Islamist states such as Qatar, Turkey and Oman encouraging the ayatollahs to give President Trump some concessions in order to avoid a war. Reported U.S. demands include a permanent end to nuclear enrichment, limiting the quantity and reach of its ballistic missiles, and cessation of support for its terror proxies including Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis in Yemen.

Recently as well, EU foreign ministers have adopted new sanctions on Iran, targeting both leaders and organizations that are involved with the unprecedented violence and brutality targeting and massacring Iranian civilians.

All this sounds good, hard hitting, and maybe even hopeful. But the truth is one cannot negotiate with Islamic terrorists in general, and the Islamic Republic specifically. Ever.

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The United States must disregard Qatar, Turkey and Oman as bad actors which promote their own extremist Islam. Other than using the Islamic practice of taqiyah, to lie to and deceive the world, the Islamic Republic has no regard for the well-being of Iranian citizens, much less of people anywhere else.

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The end of the Islamic Republic must be the only objective; otherwise, we will be back in the same place. From there, Iranians will stop being brutalized and slaughtered, Iran will become free, Israel will stop living under the threat of the regime and all its terror proxies, and the West will have eliminated a direct threat to its own values and the safety and well-being of its citizens and their very countries.

Join me in prayer that God will defeat demonic witchcraft plots by the regime and save innocent Iranians.

Amirizadeh hoped again for a U.S. military intervention in a Feb. 18 column:

Today, as we celebrate 250 years of American independence, America must commit itself to help the Iranian people become free and independent, and restore the 2500-year-old, proud, prosperous and enlightening Persian history.

Allowing the Islamic Republic one more day of oxygen is bad for Iran, bad for the Middle East, bad for America and Israel, and bad for the world. We must cut off the head of the octopus in Tehran and expose the regime’s agents across the world. There’s a lot of work to be done.

Looking at what’s happening in Iran, there is one ultimate solution for Iran and its long-term future, domestically and as a member of the family of nations. I know my people. I spent more than a decade inside Iran before I was arrested for sharing about Jesus. Especially because many Iranians have rejected Islam, they are ripe for a relationship with and to worship a God of love, the God in whom all prosperity and promises are found.

It’s my goal, through NewPersia.org, to lay the foundation for what will be the ultimate revolution. When the regime falls, we must bring the loving message of Jesus to the Iranian people, one that will change hearts and become the cornerstone for a thriving Iran for 2500 years to come. It’s all prophesied in Jeremiah 49, where God says he will establish His throne in Elam, modern Iran. We are desperately waiting for this vision to come true.

Is Amirizadeh calling for a forced conversion of Iranians to Christianity? She doesn’t say. Instead, she appeared to be rooting for the restoration of the previous dynasty (who similarly attacked its critics): “It’s amazing to see the Iranian people also united in support of Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, the only name of any Iranian leader to be chanted throughout Iran, with the prayer that he will return to Iran to restore the Pahlavi dynasty, and lead Iran to freedom.” Even Rudy Giuliani criticized calls for Pahlavi’s return.

Trump launched his war in Iran, and Amirizadeh — who had been rooting for war — couldn’t be happier. She wrote in a March 5 column:

The United States, Israel and Qatar have now attacked the Islamic Republic of Iran along with several other countries providing defensive coordination. News across the U.S. has been about the success of the military operation, congressional approval or lack thereof, the cost of the war in gross numbers and to Americans individually, and whether this war is justified.

As an Iranian-born American who was arrested and sentenced to death by hanging because of my faith in Jesus, let me assure you it is not only justified, but necessary. I spent most of my life living under the brutal misogynist regime that has killed tens of thousands of Iranians in the past two months alone, let alone the hundreds of thousands slaughtered in the name of their demonic god in Iran and around the world in the past 47 years. This war is not only justified, it’s long overdue.

It is also necessary for America. Growing up, tens of millions of Iranians over nearly five decades were indoctrinated to chant “Death to America” at every occasion. It’s not just a cute chant like at a pep rally. It’s a literal goal of this demonic regime. They indoctrinate and force people to chant it because they mean it. To the Islamic Republic, America is the “Great Satan.” A cancer that must be killed.

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Today people are concerned that American taxes are funding this war. However, these people did not protest, or even raise an eyebrow, over billions of American taxpayers’ dollars channeled directly to the Islamic Republic specifically under the Obama and Biden administrations.

America basically paid to strengthen the enemy that has always been out to destroy it.

I know Americans are concerned about the price of gas and other things going up. But trust me. If this war didn’t happen now, finally, the price to America and all Americans would have been much higher, and with much longer-term consequences. Even risking our freedom. Accepting and turning a blind eye to this reality and these threats is against American national security interests and not the way to begin another 250 years of independence.

Amirizadeh offered no examples of money supposedly sent to Iran “specifically under the Obama and Biden administrations.” She followed with an April 3 column calling for prayer against Iran:

It’s begun. The downfall of the Islamic Republic, the evil regime that hijacked the country of my birth 47 years ago, and as a result of which unimaginable suffering has been inflicted. For people like me, born in Iran and who experienced so much suffering first-hand, the end of the regime cannot come soon enough.

Recently, a friend reminded me of a vision God gave me while I was still in Iran, before I was arrested and sentenced to death for becoming a Christian. God told me that in order to lift the veil of evil darkness from Iran, prayer was the stealth supernatural weapon needed. That’s begun too.

Yes, military action has been successful and is still necessary. But to truly lift the veil of darkness from nearly half a century of this corrupt Islamic regime, all compounded by decades of satanic influence, a spiritual weapon is needed as well.

Recently I hosted a webinar sharing the vision and outlining the plan. Hundreds participated from dozens of countries. That alone was inspiring and encouraging to see so many people from so many different places and backgrounds care and wish to make a difference.

Iran is under both political oppression and spiritual darkness. The war against the Islamic Republic is not only a geopolitical conflict, but also a spiritual battle between good and evil. With the false god they worship, their “messianic” goal to bring the “12th Imam,” and the witchcraft that the ayatollahs and other regime leaders employ to subjugate and sacrifice Iranians, there is no more clear battle of good and evil. After all these decades, Iranians know the truth and have increasingly turned away from Islam.

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But when God gave me the vision, He was also clear not just about praying for seven days, but for people praying for Iran from the seven countries that border Iran: Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Iraq. Through the remarkable network of those who participated in the webinar and other ministry contacts, we expect this to happen as well. In a military campaign people talk about “shock and awe.” The power of our collective prayers will be a spiritual shock and awe.

Prayers will be not only for political change, but for spiritual transformation. Participants will pray for liberation of the Iranian people from the evil forces ruling it, for the removal of fear and oppression and for a continued Christian revival in Iran.

Participants will be sharing their prayers using a shared hashtag, #NewPersia on social media to create visibility, unity, momentum and urgency around the campaign.

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Please join me in prayer and let us pray that we see God’s affirmation and a swift transformation. All details are available at NewPersia.org. New Persia will also share the names and locations of ministries and groups that participate, along with their photos and videos.

Of course Amirizadeh is making this all about her — which would seem to undercut her call to prayer.

Despite being a huge fan of Trump and his war in Iran, Amirizadeh hasn’t written much about the war. Her first column in more than two months was a June 14 piece complaining about a possible peace deal (and, of course, making it all about her):

We’ve been hearing for weeks, even months, from the White House that the Islamic Republic of Iran was about to sign a deal. True or not, for some reason President Trump’s most recent statements have been taken more seriously. The stock market is up, oil prices are down and some sort of a deal may indeed be announced imminently.

As I read the terms of the proposed deal, whether true or not, my heart breaks because the outcome of the deal will be deadly. There are truly no good terms of the deal being reported, but as much as the terms are bad, the most deadly part is the deal itself.

Unfortunately, any deal will be dead on arrival. I spent most of my life living under the Islamic Republic, and most of my last year in Iran in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison under threat of a death penalty and being executed at any moment. My “crime?” Converting to Christianity. Not very enlightened to say the least from a regime in control of the lives of 90 million Iranians, and threatening hundreds of millions more. As much as they tried to force me to deny my faith, I would not bend. That is how you make a deal with the Islamists, not by negotiating. By defeating them. Today I am blessed to live freely in the United States and proudly as an American citizen. In America I celebrate unparalleled freedom, the kind of freedom for which 90 million Iranians have sacrificed so much, only to be shot down literally by the evil and brutal Islamist regime.

As nice as it sounds – that the Islamic Republic regime may commit on paper to give up all their nuclear material and never have nuclear weapons – having lived under the regime and suffered its misogyny, seeing my friends and loved ones, including my husband, tortured and executed, I know that no deal they put their name to will ever be honored. I know that before the ink dries they will be plotting their next move with the ultimate goal of hastening their extremist Islamic takeover of the world, the destruction of the United States, Israel and the West – from the outside and from within. I know they will dig their nuclear facilities deeper under the vast Iranian mountain ranges to conceal their intentions and the ability to get to the weapons themselves.

Amirizadeh also criticized Trump for not being harsh enough with Iran:

Making matters worse, President Trump actually gave Iranians hope when he sent a message encouraging the Iranian protesters to take to the streets and take over the institutions of the regime, stating “help is on the way.”

Unfortunately, that help never came, even during the 40 days of joint American and Israeli attacks on the regime, weakening it but not bringing it down. Make no mistake, the only deal that can be made is unilateral surrender, and the elimination of the regime. Anything short of that will continue the 47-year suffering of the Iranian people for generations to come. It will mean the regime can act with a free hand to execute tens of thousands at one time, or arrest, torture and execute tens of thousands more, one by one, out of the public eye.

She concluded by huffing:

I pray that President Trump will not be fooled, that there will be no deal short of complete surrender and an end of the Islamic Republic. Only that can ensure peace, that Iran can rejoin the family of nations, and that the outcome will not be decades more of suffering at the hands of an Islamic death cult.

Hoping that Trump isn’t fooled might be too much of an ask.