This really is a fabrication. Let me respond by copying a previous post of mine.
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1) Fundamentally, the distinction between Sunni and Shia mosques is questionable. They are largely identical indeed, the only possible differences being the public call to prayer (where Shia Muslims add two additional lines compared to their Sunni peers), and whether the prayer leader is a Sunni or a Shia.
However, Iranian authorities never forbade Shia Muslims to pray behind a Sunni imam or vice versa. If some people have a problem with that, they are in no position to label the Iranian government as "sectarianist".
2) Even so,
Tehran actually does actually have around 100 Sunni mosques, which are fully controlled by Sunnis, for a population of around 600.000 Sunni Muslims (and perhaps 800.000 or 900.000 Sunni Muslims in the Greater Tehran metropolitan area).
And here is undeniable proof for the existence of Sunni mosques in Tehran:
The interview was conducted by an Albanian academic, Olsi Jazexhi, who visited Iran and is
himself a Sunni Muslim.
The alim you can see in the video is
the Sunni Muslim imam of Tehran's famous Sadeghieh-district Sunni mosque, which is entirely managed by Sunnis and even includes a center of learning for Sunni fiq. This mosque is a large four-storey building no less.
The same respected
Sunni Muslim alim, at the beginning of the interview,
confirms there are 100 Sunni mosques in Tehran.
He
debunks the propaganda which claims Sunni Muslims are facing restrictions to their religious freedom in Iran. He goes on to explain that Sunni Iranians
are absolutely free to praise the caliphs Abu Bakr, Omar and Osman, as well the Prophet's (sws) wife Aisha. In effect and for good measure,
he praises them on camera for everyone to see.
When asked if they are free to
teach their faith to students, the scholar replies that the only thing they're expected to refrain from is classifying their Shia Muslim brothers as kuffar.
Another video of a Sunni imam leading prayers at a Tehran mosque:
When it comes to Tehran's Sunni mosques, the sole practical limitations they face, is that their Sunni version of the azan should not be amplified outside the mosque. Within the premises of their mosques however, they have no problem at all performing their azan. And this only applies to Shia-majority regions: in the Sunni-majority areas of Iran, the Sunni azan is allowed to be audible everywhere.
See undisputable proof here:
3) In the Sunni-majority areas of Iran,
the number of (Sunni) mosques per inhabitant is superior to the number of (Shia) mosques per inhabitant in the country's Shia-majority areas!
4) Not only are there plenty of Sunni mosques,
Iran is also home to numerous well-regarded Sunni Islamic centers of learning, which even attract foreign students.
A Sunni Muslim brother from Herat, Afghanistan studying Islam at Al-Mostafa University in Golestan province, Iran:
Shaykh Ismail Subhani from Azamiyeh madrasah in Bandar Torkaman speaks about Sunni Islam in Iran:
@_Nabil_ You might find this interesting.
www.al-monitor.com
), as long as he's performing his task (I won't refuse a good recitation).
