Sheikh Fayz Mosque

Sheikh Faydh Mosque was an ancient^{[citation needed ]} Sunni mosque in Mashhad,^[1] Iran, one of the main Shi'ite religious places. It was demolished it in 1993^{[citation needed ]}, under the alleged supervision of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ^{[citation needed ]}, who also demolished adjoining centers which were used as guest houses and Koran memorization centers^{[citation needed ]}. Many critics claim that the demolition orders came from Ayatollah Khamenei personally.^{[citation needed ]}, the spiritual leader of Iran. The demolition of this mosque occurred immediately after the government-sponsored demonstrations against the demolition of the Babri Mosque in India by the Hindus.^{[citation needed ]}

On 4 February 2001 the imam of the mosque, Mevlavi Musa Karami, was assassinated by an explosion outside a mosque in Herat, some^{[who? ]} believe by the Iranian government.^{[citation needed ]}

• Status of religious freedom in Iran

• List of Sunni victims of the Iranian regime (in Persian)