Overview
- Manassas Mosque in Virginia advertised a Sunday iftar and mourning program for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, referring to him as “our leader” and “His Eminence” in an Instagram flyer that was later deleted.
- Video published by MEMRI from a Dearborn Heights, Michigan service shows speakers eulogizing Khamenei and delivering sharply anti‑U.S. remarks, including unconfirmed casualty claims sourced to Iranian officials and media.
- Both the Manassas center and Dearborn’s Islamic House of Wisdom were named in a July 2023 House Republican letter that cited suspected regime influence and past ties to Iran’s Alavi Foundation.
- Tax filings previously cited by investigators show Manassas Mosque received roughly $193,000 from the Alavi Foundation in 2004–2005, a group long scrutinized by the U.S. government over alleged links to Tehran.
- Republican lawmakers publicly condemned the memorials and urged punitive actions against supporters, while no new government enforcement tied specifically to these events has been reported.