Is the U.S. war in Iran a holy war? According to a new report, at least some parts of the U.S. military are positioning it that way.
According to a Substack report by journalist Jonathan Larsen, which cited data from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), “a combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was ‘anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.'”
That report came from a non-commissioned officer, “more than 110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military,” as cited by MRFF.
And now it appears that this is being pushed among the enlisted as ‘Divine Right’: https://t.co/odH1sQVuOP pic.twitter.com/y6euqvSBa5
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The Pentagon did not respond to Larsen’s requests for comment.
“One complainant identified themselves as a non-commissioned officer (NCO) in a unit currently outside the Iran combat zone but in Ready-Support status, deployable at any time,” Larsen wrote. “The NCO said they were Christian and emailed the MRFF on behalf of 15 troops, including at least 11 Christians, one Muslim, and one Jew.”
MRFF President and Founder Mikey Weinstein told Larsen that complaints have rolled in since the invasion.
US troops report commanders framing Iran war as ‘God’s plan’
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As first reported by independent journalist Jonathan Larsen, a US combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers that the war on Iran is part of “God’s divine plan,” allegedly claiming President Donald Trump… pic.twitter.com/C8LaQaVM9Z— The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) March 3, 2026
“These calls have one damn thing in freaking common; our MRFF clients [service members who seek MRFF aid] report the unrestricted euphoria of their commanders and command chains as to how this new ‘biblically-sanctioned’ war is clearly the undeniable sign of the expeditious approach of the fundamentalist Christian “End Times” as vividly described in the New Testament Book of Revelation,” he told the journalist.
“Any military members seeking to take advantage of their subordinates by advancing their blood-soaked, Christian nationalist wet dreams upon the flames of this latest non-Congressionally sanctioned attack against Iran, should be swiftly, aggressively and visibly prosecuted.”
Weinstein, a former Reagan White House aide, is the coauthor of the 2006 book With God on Our Side: One Man’s War Against an Evangelical Coup in America’s Military.
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