Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened to strike a "telling blow" against "global arrogance" on February 11, the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that overthrew the Shah and installed the radical mullahs in Tehran. After interviewing 100 world leaders, I wrote a prophetic book, Jimmy Carter, the Liberal Left and World Chaos, that details the events leading up to that revolution and what defense analysts now believe is a threat revolving around Iran's nuclear program.

In early February, Iran announced a successful test of the new Kavoshgar 3 rocket in defiance of global concerns with her nuclear weapons program. The rocket is capable of placing a satellite in orbit-or carrying a weapons payload. President Ahmadinejad said the results were "a miracle" and credited the nation's Islamic faith for the test's success. The announcement is seen as another attempt to distract attention from growing unrest and resentment of the government in Tehran.

The anniversary of the Iranian revolution provides a rallying point by the opposition to continue attacks on Ahmadinejad's fraudulent and corrupt theft of the presidential election in Iran. This new threat-and the action that is likely to follow-is thought to be an attempt to divert popular unrest against the Iranian government by focusing anger outward against an enemy nation.

Taking Ahmadinejad's threat seriously, the US government announced deployment of new troops, ships and Patriot anti-missile defense systems to the Gulf Region. The move may be an attempt to:

1. Encourage the Arab Gulf nations to stand up to pressure from Iran
2. Keep Israel from striking preemptively against Iran's nuclear program, since some experts believe the goal of the February 11 deadline was to provoke Israel into an attack, thus sparking the war that radical mullahs of Tehran view as a necessary step to establishing Muslim rule over the entire world.

As Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in my new prophetic television special that I prepared for Jerusalem Prayer Team, Atomic Iran, nothing is more important than the support of Bible-believing Christians at this time in Israel's history.

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Mike Evans is an author and award-winning journalist who has served as a confidant to leaders in the Middle East for more than two decades. He has appeared on hundreds of network television and radio shows, including Good Morning America, Crossfire, and Nightline. He appears frequently on Fox News, CNN World News, NBC, ABC, and CBS. He has produced numerous television specials about the Middle East.