Speaking to the Tehran Times on Thursday, Jourvand said mosques such as the Jameh mosques of Shushtar and Dezful are among the most important historical religious structures in the country, dating back to the third and fourth centuries of the Islamic ...

Video shared on social media on January 9th showed a mosque burning in Tehran during Iran’s most widespread protests in years. The date when the video was recorded could not be independently verified.

In remarks Friday, Iran’s supreme leader derided demonstrators as “vandals” and mocked President Donald Trump’s promise to intervene if protesters were killed.