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(Michael Stack | Special to The Tribune) Students and faculty at BYU's Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies, shown in 2022, are sheltering in place during the Iran war.

LDS Church advises its thousands of members in the Middle East to stay put as ‘safest’ option

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(Mark Eddington | The Salt Lake Tribune) Movers load part of a donation of 20,000 pounds of food to Switchpoint's St. George food pantry by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Thursday, March 5, 2026.

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