Ironically there is currently a huge increase in the number of people getting saved in Iran these days.
NY Times is late to the story, but at lease they finally recognized it. Here are some other articles:
The end of Christianity in the Middle East could mean the demise of ...
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/23/arab-christians-secular-arabs-isis-middle-east-minorities
William Dalrymple: In a Middle East rebuilt on intolerant ideologies, there is likely to be little place for beleaguered minorities.
Is This the End for Mideast Christianity? | Christianity Today
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2014/november/on-edge-of-extinction.html
To that extent, the end of Christianity in Iraq is within sight. ... By the end of the past century, Christianity in the Middle East had two great ...
The End Of Christianity In The Middle East? - Walid Shoebat
http://shoebat.com/2014/11/11/end-christianity-middle-east/
For Christians in the Middle East, 2014 has been a catastrophe. The most wrenching stories have come from Iraq, where the nascent Islamic ...
The End of Christianity in the Middle East? | Foreign Policy
http://foreignpolicy.com/2010/11/02/the-end-of-christianity-in-the-middle-east/
But the roots of Christian decline in the Middle East actually date back ... be no significant Christian communities in Iraq or Iran by century’s end.
The Plight of the Middle East’s Christians - WSJ
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-plight-of-the-middle-easts-christians-1431700075
Where will it end?
Other Christian populations in the Middle East have been almost entirely wiped out or displaced. In 1900 ...
Christianity ‘close to extinction’ in Middle East - Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9762745/Christianity-close-to-extinction-in-Middle-East.html
Christianity faces being wiped out of the “biblical heartlands” in the Middle East because of mounting persecution of worshippers, according to ...
Pope Francis demands end to ‘genocide’ of Middle East Christians ...
http://www.jpost.com/Christian-News/Pope-Francis-demands-end-to-genocide-of-Middle-East-Christians-408585
Modern-day religious persecution has been a common theme that Pope Francis tackles as its incidences in the Middle East rise and become ...
Forced Exodus: Christians in the Middle East | World Affairs Journal
http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/article/forced-exodus-christians-middle-east
In Syria and other parts of the Middle East, militant Islamists have launched a purge ...