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Iran Shutters Country’s Last Presbyterian Church

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Iran
Started July 22, 2026

For 150 years, St. Peter Evangelical Church has maintained a visible and vibrant presence in the Iranian capital of Tehran. Mansour Khajehpour—a former elder at St. Peter—said the Presbyterian church was known to everyone in the neighborhood, where he lived from 1991 to 1993. As a university student, Khajehpour lived in one of the church Read more. The post Iran Shutters Country’s Last Presbyterian Church appeared first on Christianity Today

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