The request is simple, urgent, and ancient: pray for us. From Iran, from Iraqi Kurdistan, from Lebanon — the message coming to Barnabas Aid from Christian communities across the Middle East is the same. The situation is deteriorating, and the Church in the West is being asked to stand with its brothers and sisters through the most powerful tool available: prayer. In Iran, believers are caught between cautious hope and deep anxiety. Some are tentatively optimistic that political shifts might bring greater religious freedom; others fear that instability will make their already precarious situation worse. Christians in Iran have lived for decades under intense pressure — conversion from Islam is illegal, house churches are raided, and pastors face imprisonment. The uncertainty of the current moment does not feel like relief; it feels like a different kind of danger. In Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, Pastor Azad describes a critical situation. On March 15, a drone attack wounded 13 civilians in the city. Many of the Christians in Iraqi Kurdistan are already refugees — displaced from their ancestral villages in the Nineveh Plains. They have rebuilt once; they are not sure they can rebuild again. In Lebanon, thousands from Christian communities in the south have been displaced by strikes on bridges over the Litani River. A church leader in Qlayaa was killed in airstrikes. The resilience of Lebanese Christians is extraordinary — but it is not inexhaustible. Barnabas Aid is asking UK churches to pray specifically: for protection, for provision, for perseverance, and for peace. These are not abstract intercessions. They are the prayers of people who know exactly what they are asking for.