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Grand Mosalla of Tehran

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “location for holding weekly friday prayer and cultural”. Today it says “partially completed friday mosque”.
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The opening as it read in 2025

Mosque in Tehran, Iran For similarly named mosques, see List of grand mosques . The Grand Mosalla Mosque , officially the Grand Mosalla Mosque of Tehran ( Persian : مصلای امام خمینی تهران ; Arabic : بؤیوک تهران مصلاسی ) and also known as the Imam Khomeini Mosalla , is a partially completed Friday mosque ( jāmeh ) and associated community complex, located near Abbas Abad in the city of Tehran , in the province of Tehran , Iran . The mosque is used for hosting weekly Friday prayer ( jāmeh ), as well as cultural, political, educational, worship activities, including book fairs, exhibitions, and religious ceremonies. The Persian-Islamic style mosque has been under construction since the 1990s. Upon completion, the mosque will have the world's biggest iwan . When completed, the mosque will surpass the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca , as of April 2025 , the world's largest mosque. (Some data since superceded). : CS1 maint: postscript ( link ) "Consulting engineering services for Imam Khomeini's Grand Mosque in Tehran" . (Some data since superceded). : CS1 maint: postscript ( link ) ساخت بزرگترین ایوان بدون ستون جهان در تهران . مصلی (in Persian).

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “location for holding weekly friday prayer and cultural”. Today it says “partially completed friday mosque”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

location for holding weekly friday prayer and cultural

Now

partially completed friday mosque

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