The old Farad was dead.

A new Farad had been born in his place.

Over the next few days, while I recovered my strength, Ibraim and I spent long hours talking about Jesus and about the Bible.

He gave me a copy of the New Testament in Arabic, and I began to read it with hunger and desperation.

Every word I read confirmed what Jesus had shown me.

Every story I read about Jesus healing the sick and forgiving sinners and loving his enemies spoke to my soul.

I read about a man named Saul who had persecuted Christians just like I had.

I read about how Saul had met Jesus on the road to Damascus and had been completely transformed.

I read about how Saul had become Paul and had spent the rest of his life preaching the gospel of Jesus.

And I understood that my story was just like Paul’s story.

I had been a persecutor of Christians.

I had met Jesus on a road in the desert.

And now I had been given a new mission.

I had been given the opportunity to spend the rest of my life telling people about the love of Jesus.

By March 10th, I had recovered enough strength to travel.

Ibraim helped me arrange transportation to Riyad.

He introduced me to a man who was traveling south into Saudi Arabia and who was willing to let me ride with him in his truck.

Before I left, Ibraim embraced me and told me that he was proud of me.

He told me that my life would never be the same.

He told me that I would face many challenges ahead because I was turning my back on everything I had known.

Thus, but he told me that Jesus would be with me through all of it.

He told me that I would not be alone.

And then he did something that I will never forget.

He gave me a gift.

It was a Bible.

Not a copy of just the New Testament like the one he had given me before, but a complete Bible with both the Old Testament and the New Testament bound together.

I arrived in Riyad on March 12th, 2026.

My wife and children were shocked to see me.

They had been expecting me to arrive weeks ago by airplane.

Instead, I showed up at their door, having come overland through a war zone.

having been blind and healed, having been transformed from a servant of the Islamic Republic into a follower of Jesus.

I sat down with them and told them everything that had happened.

I told them about Kamina’s death.

I told them about my escape from Thran.

As I told them about getting lost in the desert, I told them about meeting Jesus.

I told them about being blinded and healed.

My wife Nasarin whipped as I told my story.

My children looked at me with confusion and fear because they did not understand what was happening to their father.

But I told them that I had been given a new life and a new purpose.

I told them that I was no longer the man they had known.

I told them that I had been reborn in the love of Jesus Christ.

Now I am recording this testimony on March 15th, 2026, just 15 days after the death of Ali Kam and my escape from Iran.

I am speaking to you from a safe location in Riyad where I am being sheltered by underground believers.

My family thinks I have lost my mind.

The Iranian government is hunting for me as a deserter and a traitor.

which the IRGC would execute me if they found me.

But I am not afraid anymore.

I have seen the face of Jesus.

I have felt his love.

I have been healed and transformed by his power.

And I know that whatever happens next, he will be with me.

I want to speak directly to my brothers and sisters in Iran.

I want to tell you that the regime that I served for 40 years is falling apart.

The Supreme Leader is dead.

The government is in chaos.

This is your moment.

This is your chance to break free from the chains of fear and oppression that have bound you for so long.

And I want to tell you about the only thing that can truly set you free.

His name is Jesus.

He is alive.

He is real.

He’s reaching out to you right now with his hand of love and forgiveness.

To my fellow I RGC commanders and soldiers, I say this.

While we have spent our lives serving a government that promised us glory and honor, we have done terrible things in the name of protecting the Islamic Republic.

We have hurt innocent people.

We have persecuted believers.

We have maintained a system of fear and cruelty.

But it is not too late to change.

It is not too late to turn away from the darkness and turn toward the light.

Jesus is calling you right now.

He is waiting for you.

He will forgive you for everything you have done.

He will heal you.

He will transform you.

All you have to do is open your heart and say yes to him.

I am living proof that even a man who has done the terrible things I have done can be forgiven and can be made new.

If Jesus could transform me, he can transform anyone.

And to everyone else watching this testimony, I say this, the fire has already started in Iran.

Yeah.

Thousands of people are coming to know Jesus.

The underground church is growing faster than any government can stop it.

Jesus is coming.

His kingdom is at hand and every knee will bow before him.

My name is Brigadier General Farad Rostami.

I am 58 years old and I am alive today because I met Jesus on a road in the desert.

That is my story.

That is my testimony.

And I pray that it will touch your heart and draw you closer to the one who loves you more than you can ever imagine.

 

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