Ali Majd, a Christian convert and anti-regime influencer, fled Iran and took refuge among the Kurds a few weeks ago after learning that the IRGC was coming for him.
Now, he is heading back to Iran on a mission to help his country and his people free themselves from the regime that has ruled the country since the Islamic Revolution.
In an interview from the field, he told The Gateway Pundit, “What’s happening in Iran right now is not just about me, it’s about all the Iranians. All the Persians are so happy because this is the only way we can get freedom,” said Ali.
In Iran, on top of all the other forms of repression and rights denied to its citizens, converting to Christianity is punishable by death. Ali kept his religion secret and operated his gym while quietly encouraging members to go with him to pray in the mountains.
The regime eventually shut down his gym. When he asked why, officials said, “You have long hair. That is not allowed.” Around that time, anti-regime protests began, and Ali joined them.
The government responded with violence. Ali said there was only one way to change the regime, which was to protest, and that they did so repeatedly.
“We came to the streets so many times, maybe four protests, maybe five protests. The majority of people came to the streets, and the government killed all of them.”
He took a somber tone and asked, “So how can we make a change in Iran? We don’t have a way. You come to the streets, asking for your rights, asking for freedom, and it is so easy for them. They will kill you so easily, like you are not a human, like you are a fruit, like you are a rock. They just shoot you. I lost so many of my friends, the best ones.”
However, the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran have brought hope to the anti-regime movement. “The people, and me as an Iranian, I am happy, and the other Iranians are happy, because your government is killing evil inside my country. This is how we see the situation, the Iranians.”