🕌 Sepahsalar Mosque

The Sepahsālār Mosque is a mosque and madrasa located in the Baharestan district of the city of Tehran, in the province of Tehran, Iran. Construction of the mosque commenced in 1879 CE upon the order of Mirza Hosein Sepahsalar, a Grand Vizier of Iran during the reign of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, and the first phase of construction was finished in 1884 CE. The mosque was renamed the Shahid Motahhari or the Motahhari Mosque, after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, but it is commonly known by its original name.