{"id":31347,"date":"2026-03-03T03:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T03:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/31347\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T03:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T03:30:18","slug":"berlin-mosque-hosts-memorial-following-death-of-irans-supreme-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/31347\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin mosque hosts memorial following death of Iran\u2019s supreme leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>02 March 2026 15:02<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Around 80 people gathered at the Imam Reza Mosque in Berlin to mourn the death of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a U.S. strike. <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">German police monitored the memorial service, and authorities reported no disturbances or clashes, German media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/berlin\/tod-des-religionsfuhrers-im-iran-muslime-trauern-in-berliner-moschee-um-ajatollah-chamenei-15306082.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">reports<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Several dozen people also held a counter-demonstration outside the mosque. Law enforcement officials confirmed that both gatherings remained peaceful.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Imam Reza Mosque has regularly been under increased surveillance by German authorities. It is considered a meeting place for supporters of Hezbollah and pro-Palestinian organisations, with most worshippers coming from Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In recent years, the mosque has frequently hosted mourning ceremonies for high-ranking Iranian figures, including a service in January 2020 for General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. military operation in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>By Sabina Mammadli<\/p>\n<p>Caliber.Az<\/p>\n<p>Views: 147<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"02 March 2026 15:02 Around 80 people gathered at the Imam Reza Mosque in Berlin to mourn the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[2526,2532,2531,112,190,2527,2530,2525,2529,2528,2524],"class_list":{"0":"post-31347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-berlin","8":"tag-analysis-of-azerbaijan","9":"tag-azerbaijan","10":"tag-baku","11":"tag-berlin","12":"tag-germany","13":"tag-important-news-of-azerbaijan","14":"tag-international-experts","15":"tag-interviews","16":"tag-interviews-with-azerbaijani-analysts","17":"tag-news-from-baku","18":"tag-news-of-azerbaijan"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}