Producer Behind '12th Imam' Vid Arrested for Exposing Film Ties in Iran

We already know Iran doesn't like dissent. But now we're finding out the regime doesn't like being exposed by those loyal to its cause.

Last month CBN News uncovered a startling state-sponsored video trumpeting the imminent return of the 12th Imam -- a messianic figure who some Muslims believe will lead the armies of Islam to victory over all non-Muslims. Now, CBN has learned that its report has rattled the Iranian regime and led to the arrest of at least one man:

Erick Stakelbeck reports:

Iranian state media reports say the producer of the film was arrested after revealing that Khamenei and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had approved the film.

In addition, some Iranian observers say the recent firing of Ahmadinejad's chief of staff came after he was linked to the film's production. "Those opposing Ahmadenijad are using this to attack him. And then other radicals are also saying that 'Now, our ideology has been seen by the West and it's embarrassing the Islamic Republic,'" said Reza Kahlili, a former member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps who provided the propaganda  film to CBN News.

In Stakelbeck's original report, he reveals that Kahlili is not the contact's real name, as his identity has been kept secret.

Despite the video being exposed, however, the regime isn't backing down.

"Ahmadinejad and others are defending it. And actually, there's been an official, public statement from the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei's representative in the Revolutionary Guard that verified his position," Kahlili told Stakelbeck.

Read the rest from Stakelbeck.