The Hosseinieh Ershad or Hosseiniyeh Ershad ( fa, حسینیه ارشاد) is a non-traditionalist religious institute established by
Nasser Minachi
Nasser Minachi (1931–25 January 2014) was an Iranian activist and founder of Hosseiniyeh Ershad, a modernist Islamic institution. He served as the minister of tourism and then the minister of information and publicity in the Interim Government ...
in
Tehran,
Iran.
It was closed for a time by the
Pahlavi
Pahlavi may refer to:
Iranian royalty
*Seven Parthian clans, ruling Parthian families during the Sasanian Empire
*Pahlavi dynasty, the ruling house of Imperial State of Persia/Iran from 1925 until 1979
**Reza Shah, Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878–1944 ...
government in 1972. The institute is housed in a large, domed hall, and is used for lectures on history, culture, society, and religion. The facility also includes a large public library, where most of its users are college students.
Ali Shariati held his anti-Pahlavi speeches here before
the revolution
A revolution is a drastic political change that usually occurs relatively quickly. For revolutions which affect society, culture, and technology more than political systems, see social revolution.
Revolution may also refer to:
Aviation
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.
Mir-Hossein Mousavi (under the pseudonym Hossein Rah'jo) and
Zahra Rahnavard exhibited artwork here during the same period.
Public speakers
*
Ali Shariati
*
Morteza Motahari
*
Fakhreddin Hejazi
*
Reza Esfahani
See also
*
Hussainia
References
External links
Photograph of Hosseiniye Ershad
Buildings and structures in Tehran
Architecture in Iran
Religion in Iran
Culture in Tehran
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