{"id":7658,"date":"2022-11-18T15:12:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T14:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=7658"},"modified":"2025-11-21T20:42:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T19:42:34","slug":"will-tehrans-strategic-outpost-in-germany-finally-be-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2022\/11\/18\/will-tehrans-strategic-outpost-in-germany-finally-be-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Tehran&#8217;s \u2018Strategic Outpost\u2019 in Germany Finally Be Closed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2022\/11\/18\/will-tehrans-strategic-outpost-in-germany-finally-be-closed\/hamburg-izh\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7678\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7678\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hamburg-izh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hamburg-izh.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hamburg-izh-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Germany\u2019s parliament has called for the permanent closure of a controversial mosque in Hamburg that is used by Iran\u2019s theocratic regime to export its Islamic Revolution to Europe.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Will Iran&#8217;s &#8216;Strategic Outpost&#8217; in Germany Finally Be Closed?<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/will-tehran-strategic-outpost-in-germany-finally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle East Forum<\/a> | November 18, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s parliament, outraged by the Iranian government\u2019s deadly crackdown on anti-regime protesters, has called for the permanent closure of a controversial mosque in Hamburg that is used by Iran\u2019s theocratic regime to export its Islamic Revolution to Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The Islamic Center of Hamburg (<em>Islamischen Zentrum Hamburg, IZH<\/em>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welt.de\/regionales\/hamburg\/article232546515\/Islamisches-Zentrum-in-Hamburg-Verfassungsschutz-veroeffentlicht-Belege-fuer-Abhaengigkeit-vom-Iran.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">described<\/a> by German intelligence officials as a leading \u201cpropaganda center\u201d of the Islamic Republic in Europe, is well known for spreading anti-Western, anti-Semitic, and anti-Israel extremist ideology.<\/p>\n<p>The mosque\u2019s closure, when combined with Germany\u2019s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2020\/05\/02\/germanys-ban-of-hezbollah-a-half-measure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ban<\/a> on the Iranian terrorist proxy Hezbollah, would represent a humiliating rebuke to the Iranian government and could significantly curb Tehran\u2019s power and influence in Europe. Other European governments might also be encouraged to follow Germany\u2019s lead and close Iranian-controlled mosques in their jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/islamism.news\/2022\/11\/18\/will-tehrans-strategic-outpost-in-germany-finally-be-closed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany\u2019s parliament has called for the permanent closure of a controversial mosque in Hamburg that is used by Iran\u2019s theocratic regime to export its Islamic Revolution to Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,48],"tags":[179,5,181],"class_list":["post-7658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-germany","category-islam-in-europe","tag-germany","tag-iran","tag-islam-in-europe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Will Tehran&#039;s \u2018Strategic Outpost\u2019 in Germany Finally Be Closed? 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