Iran is a big regional supporter of Hezbollah ... German officers who raided the Blue Mosque wore blue plastic covers on their shoes to avoid damaging the prayer room as they removed evidence ...

The Blue Mosque was built under their rule ... During the next two centuries Tabriz changed hands several times between Iran and the Ottoman Empire. Here is a select of comments that visitors to the ...

In response to the centre's closure, Iran summoned Germany's ambassador ... the Social Democrat politician said. Hamburg's Blue Mosque is one of Germany's oldest and most well-known mosques ...

The head of a mosque in Hamburg received instructions from an Iranian official in hundreds of text messages, before German authorities closed down his institution last month, the Der Spiegel news ...

The Islamic Centre Hamburg, which was recently shut down by Germany’s Interior Ministry, had taken direct orders from the Islamic Republic of Iran and ... of Hamburg’s Blue Mosque.