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    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
    The Vali-e-Asr mosque in Tehran has been criticised by religious hardliners. Photograph: Deed Studio

    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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