Ershad Hussainiya
Also known as: حسینیه ارشاد
hussainiya and mosque in Tehran, Iranian national heritage site
Key facts
- Built
- 1967
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Overview
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Ershad Hussainiya is a cultural and religious institution on Dr. Ali Shariati Street in the Tajrish district of Tehran. It is described as a hussainiya and mosque, reflects Pahlavi-era architecture and is registered as an Iranian national heritage site. It was conceived as a non-traditional venue for lectures and discussions on history, culture, society and religion, aimed at an educated audience. Today it also houses a large bookstore that mainly sells religious works.
History
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Our record dates the building to 1967. The politician Naser Minachi (1931–2014) was among the co-founders of the institution.
Before the Islamic Revolution, Ali Shariati (1933–1977) delivered speeches here that were critical of the Pahlavi government. Around the same period, Mir Hossein Mousavi (under the pseudonym Hossein Rah'jo) and Zahra Rahnavard exhibited artworks on the premises.
The institution was tolerated for a long time by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, but in 1972 the Pahlavi government closed it. It was reopened during the Islamic Revolution. The bookstore, established after the revolution, mainly distributes religious works.
From Wikipedia
The Hosseinieh Ershad or Hosseiniyeh Ershad (Persian: حسینیه ارشاد) is a prominent cultural and religious institution located on Shariati Avenue in Tehran, Iran. Established in the early 1960s, it was designed to serve as a non-traditionalist venue for lectures and discussions on history, culture, society, and religion, appealing to an educated audience compared to traditional mosques.
Source: Wikipedia, article “Hosseiniyeh Ershad”; quoted unchanged under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Read more on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sources
© OpenStreetMap katkıcıları (ODbL): https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/458493263
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Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosein%C4%ABye-ye_Ersch%C4%81d
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosseiniyeh_Ershad
Wikipedia (es): https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoseini%C3%A9_Ershad
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Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosseiniyeh_Ershad