{"id":538,"date":"2010-09-24T08:32:24","date_gmt":"2010-09-24T08:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayerplainandsimple\/2010\/09\/praying-for-a-change-in-iran.html"},"modified":"2010-09-24T08:32:24","modified_gmt":"2010-09-24T08:32:24","slug":"praying-for-a-change-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2010\/09\/praying-for-a-change-in-iran.html","title":{"rendered":"Praying for a Change in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN\">Iran is in dangerous hands. Delegates from the United States and other nations walked out of the U.N. General Assembly yesterday in protest of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad&#8217;s fiery rant that criticized Washington, Israel, capitalism and the United Nations itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN\">Crackpot statements from Ahmadinejad are nothing new, but using the platform of the United Nations to threaten the peace of the world takes this leader&#8217;s rhetoric to a new low. Tension in the hall grew as the Iranian leader recounted various conspiracy theories about the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, and about Israel&#8217;s role in inciting war in the Middle East. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><span lang=\"EN\"><strong>&#8220;God, protect the world from the demonic insanity of the current Iranian regime. We pray that the many stable and reasonable souls in Iran would find a peaceful way to remove this man and his aids from power. We pray for leadership change, soon and complete. Confuse his counsel. May his threats &#8220;fall to the ground&#8221; and may his foolish designs come to nothing. We pray for a blessing of peace on and for Iran. May this noble people recover it&#8217;s noble past and rise today to meet a new destiny designed by you. May those who know the Prince of Peace in this great nation bring a new miraculous peace there here and now. In the Name of that Prince of Peace&#8230;&#8221; <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran is in dangerous hands. Delegates from the United States and other nations walked out of the U.N. 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