{"id":2575238,"date":"2026-03-02T14:54:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-linked-us-mosque-holds-remembrance-service-for-khamenei\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:56:17","slug":"iran-linked-us-mosque-holds-remembrance-service-for-khamenei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-linked-us-mosque-holds-remembrance-service-for-khamenei\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran-linked US mosque holds remembrance service for Khamenei"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-linked-us-mosque-holds-remembrance-service-for-khamenei%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2575238&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article examines the Manassas Mosque in Manassas,Virginia,near Washington,D.C.,adn its alleged connections to Iran\u2019s regime along with a record of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-says-pro-ukraine-protesters-rammed-his-car-police-say-no\/\" title=\"Vivek Ramaswamy claims his car was rammed by pro-Ukraine protesters, but police deny it.\">controversial political stances<\/a> and actions. It notes that the mosque hosted an iftar and a remembrance service to honor Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during ramadan, and that it has historically faced scrutiny over financial ties to Iran through the Iranian-run alavi Foundation, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/time-to-stop-this-farce-rand-paul-to-introduce-bill-lifting-federal-airplane-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"\u2018Time To Stop This Farce\u2019: Rand Paul To Introduce Bill Lifting Federal Airplane Mask Mandate\">donated funds<\/a> in 2004\u20132005. The U.S. government\u2019s 2009 effort to seize Alavi Foundation assets is mentioned, as is the unclear extent of the mosque\u2019s financial links due to its status as a religious association that does not publicly disclose such information.<\/p>\n<p>The report also highlights episodes that have attracted political and media attention. In 2021, Customs and border Protection confiscated Iranian-made ceramic tiles donated to the mosque for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feds-arrest-professor-who-smuggled-advanced-medical-equipment-to-iran\/\" title=\"Feds Arrest Professor Who Smuggled Advanced Medical Equipment to Iran\">alleged sanctions violations<\/a>, though they were later released after a legal challenge. A 2023 House Republican letter identified Manassas Mosque as one of four U.S. Islamic organizations with suspected ties to Iran, pointing to imagery and messaging inside the center\u2014such as martyrs, Iranian flags, and references to the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The mosque has a history of incendiary rhetoric, including a 2010 claim by Imam Abolfazl Nahidian that Israelis orchestrated the 9\/11 attacks as part of a zionist plot, and it reportedly endorsed Hamas following the October 2023 attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,the article notes the mosque\u2019s involvement in Washington political activism and marches,while stating that it continues to describe itself as a community religious center serving local Muslims.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Virginia mosque with alleged ties to Iran regime holds remembrance service for &lsquo;martyr&rsquo; Ali Khamenei<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2520653\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A mosque in Northern <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Virginia\/\">Virginia<\/a>, located near Washington, D.C., held a remembrance service for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Iran\/\">Iran<\/a>&rsquo;s supreme leader, who was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4475844\/netanyahu-touts-growing-signs-iran-strikes-killed-the-ayatollah\/\">killed<\/a> over the weekend following joint U.S. and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Israel\/\">Israeli<\/a> strikes against Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Manassas Mosque, a Shia Muslim religious center with alleged <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/manassas-mosque\/\">financial ties<\/a> to the Iranian regime, hosted an iftar, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >fast-breaking meal eaten<\/a> at sundown during Ramadan, on Sunday evening to honor &ldquo;His Eminence,&rdquo; Ayatollah <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ali-khamenei\/\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4474492\/mainstream-professor-group-partners-with-dsa-to-unleash-anti-ice-chaos-on-campuses\/\">&lsquo;Create a crisis&rsquo;: Mainstream professor group partners with DSA to unleash anti-ICE chaos on campuses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4474312\/dhs-released-illegal-border-crossers-despite-claims-zero\/\">DHS releasing some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unprecedented-move-biden-admin-releasing-illegal-border-crossers-into-u-s-without-scheduling-court-dates-at-rgv-sector-fox-news-reports\/\" title=\"\u2018Unprecedented Move\u2019: Biden Admin Releasing \u2018Illegal Border Crossers\u2019 Into U.S. Without Scheduling Court Dates At RGV Sector, Fox News Reports\">illegal border crossers<\/a> into US despite claims of &#8216;zero&#8217; releases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4473083\/obama-and-biden-era-staffers-retain-leadership-positions-in-trumps-medicare-agency\/\">Obama and Biden-era staffers retain leadership positions in Trump&#8217;s Medicare agency<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The mosque invited its followers, &ldquo;as we navigate what our responsibilities are today,&rdquo; to attend the potluck-style dinner, which began with Islamic prayer and ended in special programming dedicated to mourning the death of Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Manassas Mosque extends its condolences and glad tidings on the martyrdom of His Eminence Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei,&rdquo; said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/manassasmosque\/p\/DVVG3IFDidx\/?hl=en\">an Instagram post<\/a> advertising the event.<\/p>\n<p>The mosque, situated about 30 miles outside of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Washington-DC\/\">Washington<\/a>, was formed to &ldquo;nourish a community of pious, educated, socially conscious, and active Muslims&rdquo; living in the metropolitan area.<\/p>\n<p>Its leadership, however, has a history of incendiary behavior.<\/p>\n<p>After the October 2023 terrorist attacks against Israel, the Manassas Mosque endorsed the actions of Hamas. In <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/newsletter-bucket-quickbase.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/18b4886acc351ace.html\">a community newsletter<\/a>, the mosque issued a statement explicitly expressing support for the terrorist group. &ldquo;We stand firmly with the Palestinian Resistance (Hamas),&rdquo; the mosque&rsquo;s leaders declared at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Manassas Mosque&rsquo;s Imam Abolfazl Bahram Nahidian claimed at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.memri.org\/tv\/virginia-imam-abolfazl-nahidian-israel-perpetrated-911-cia-working-to-divide-the-people\">a 2010 rally<\/a> on Quds Day, an annual anti-Israel day of protest calling for the destruction of the Jewish state, that Israelis orchestrated the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as part of a Zionist conspiracy to sow Islamophobia.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All the plots and the schemes that they make are to destroy humanity,&rdquo; Nahidian said of the Israeli people, calling them &ldquo;the most devilish ones on Earth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4475844\/netanyahu-touts-growing-signs-iran-strikes-killed-the-ayatollah\/\"><strong>TRUMP SAYS KHAMENEI IS DEAD: &lsquo;THE SINGLE GREATEST CHANCE FOR THE IRANIAN PEOPLE TO TAKE BACK THEIR COUNTRY&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Manassas Mosque is suspected of being a financial backer of the Islamic revolutionary government of Iran.<\/p>\n<p>About two decades ago, Manassas Mosque received a total of $193,000 from the Iranian-run Alavi Foundation between <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.investigativeproject.org\/documents\/misc\/462.pdf#page=61\">2004<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.investigativeproject.org\/documents\/misc\/463.pdf#page=64\">2005<\/a>, according to tax filings <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.investigativeproject.org\/2304\/virginia-imam-long-radical-record\">obtained<\/a> by the Investigative Project on Terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, the Justice Department sought to seize the Alavi Foundation&rsquo;s assets on suspicion that it was funding Iran&rsquo;s efforts to build nuclear weapons. According to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.investigativeproject.org\/documents\/case_docs\/1123.pdf\">complaint<\/a>, the Alavi Foundation funneled money from its interests in the United States to Bank Melli, which the Treasury Department previously <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100706210341\/http:\/\/www.ustreas.gov\/offices\/enforcement\/ofac\/actions\/20071025.shtml\">designated<\/a> as an entity that provides material support to terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>The full extent of the mosque&rsquo;s apparent financial connections to Iran is unclear. As a registered house of worship, Manassas Mosque is not required to publicly disclose such information.<\/p>\n<p>A since-scrubbed <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240420074228\/https:\/\/www.manassasmosque.org\/blog\">blog section<\/a> on Manassas Mosque&rsquo;s website featured a tribute to Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian military officer of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who was responsible for the deaths of more than 600 American service members, according to the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<p>On the third anniversary of Soleimani&rsquo;s death by U.S. drone strike, Manassas Mosque posted a memorial piece commemorating the day of his &ldquo;martyrdom.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Customs and Border Protection <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2021\/aug\/10\/iranian-made-tiles-spark-dispute-between-manassas-\/\">confiscated<\/a> 750 pounds of Iranian-made ceramic tiles donated to the Manassas Mosque for alleged violations of economic sanctions against Iran. CBP later <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2021\/08\/20\/va-mosque-tiles-iran\/\">released<\/a> the religious tiles after the Council on American-Islamic Relations assisted the mosque&rsquo;s challenge of the seizure.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Abolfazl Nahidian, of the Manassas Mosque in Manassas, Virginia, poses after a press conference on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in which he and other Muslim leaders asked the Biden administration to release a set of religious tiles that have been confiscated because the shipment was considered a violation of sanctions on Iran. (AP Photo\/Matt Barakat)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2023, House Republicans issued <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/gop-reps-raise-alarm-bells-irans-influence-american-religious-institutions\">a letter<\/a> to then-Attorney General Merrick Garland and -Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines identifying Manassas Mosque as one of four Islamic organizations in the U.S. with suspected connections to Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The letter, warning of Iran&rsquo;s ideological influence over Muslim American religious institutions, pointed to footage from inside Manassas Mosque showing that the center was &ldquo;adorned with pictures of &lsquo;martyrs&rsquo; of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corpsm&rdquo; alongside Iranian flags and a life-sized cutout of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini.<\/p>\n<p>The congressional letter also noted that Manassas Mosque &ldquo;openly celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran,&rdquo; which brought the current regime to power.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4476629\/trump-closed-gap-rhetoric-action-iran\/\"><strong>TRUMP CLOSED THE GAP BETWEEN RHETORIC AND ACTION ON IRAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Manassas Mosque has been an active part of the Washington political scene. Most recently, in response to the U.S.-Iranian conflict, Manassas Mosque <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVU3H-_DJPa\/?hl=en\">co-sponsored<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVT6SFfEVwg\/?hl=en\">marches<\/a> on the White House led by the area&rsquo;s Party for Socialism and Liberation arm and the Freedom Road Socialist Organization of D.C.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted Manassas Mosque for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Va. mosque tied to Iran holds Khamenei memorial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3767,"featured_media":2575239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2255430051.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3823,36807,17082,16728,50822],"class_list":["post-2575238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-iran","tag-khamenei","tag-mosque","tag-remembrance","tag-us-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2255430051.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3767"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2575238"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2575242,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575238\/revisions\/2575242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2575239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2575238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2575238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2575238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}