Historic Church Destroyed by Regime

On June 4, 2026, workmen under orders from the Iranian regime bulldozed the Evangelical Church of Mashhad, Iran, without explanation. The church was around 80 years old but had been closed by Iranian officials for more than two decades. Still, some Iranian Christians hoped that it would one day reopen, despite a 2012 government ban on Iranian churches holding any services in Farsi. “I was sitting with a brother from that church a few hours after it happened,” said a front-line worker. “He was crying.” The Iranian government has now seized the historic St. Peter Evangelical Church in Tehran, evicting 20 families that live there. “Please continue to pray for our brothers and sisters in Iran,” the worker requested.

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