Hosseiniyeh Ershad

The Hosseinieh Ershad or Hosseiniyeh Ershad (Persian: حسینیه ارشاد) is a religious institute in Tehran, Iran. It was closed for a time by the Pahlavi government in 1972. The institute is housed in a large, domed hall, and is used for lectures on history, culture, society, and religion. The Hosseiniyeh Ershad was built by a member of the very prominent Homayounfar family.

The facility also includes a large public library, where most of its users are college students.

Dr. Ali Shariati held his anti-Pahlavi speeches here before the revolution. Mir-Hossein Mousavi (under the psuedonym Hossein Rah'jo) and Zahra Rahnavard exhibited artwork here during the same period. [1]

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  1. ^ Alavi, Nasrin (2 June 2009). "Iran: a blind leap of faith". Open Democracy. http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/iran-a-blind-leap-of-faith. Retrieved 14 July 2011.