Maryam-e Moghaddas metro station

Holy Mary (Shahid Nejatollahi) Metro Station, named Maryam-e Moghaddas in Persian, is a stop on Tehran Metro Line 6. Construction began in 2015, and the station is situated at the junction of Nejatollahi and Karimkhan Zand Streets, close to St. Sarkis, an Armenian Apostolic cathedral. It was officially unveiled on 29 November 2025. In Iran, Shia Islam is the official state religion, nevertheless, the Constitution acknowledges Sunni Islam, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and Christianity as minority religions, each having its own representative in the Islamic Consultative Assembly. During the opening ceremony, Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani said, "This station honors the sacred woman who, with her purity and by raising a great prophet, enlightened the world. The structure is designed to represent the harmony of divine religions in Tehran." It features Christian and Armenian imagery.

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