A modern mosque without minarets stirs controversy in Tehran
Iranian hardliners are refusing to recognise the new Vali-e-Asr mosque next to the City theatre as a place of worship
by Saeed Kamali Dehghan Iran correspondent
Oct 23, 2017
3 minutes
When the Tehran authorities commissioned the construction of a mosque near the City theatre – one of Iranian capital’s most distinctive buildings – it was always going to be a tricky balancing act for the architects to design something unique that did not eclipse the adjacent structure.
The theatre, which was built before the 1979 revolution, has a spectacular tiled circular structure with external pillars and is the largest exclusive space in Iran for performing arts. The new mosque next door is a modern building that sits in harmony with it, sweeping from the ground towards the
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