Alireza Danesh Sokhanvar

Alireza Danesh Sokhanvar (1921–2000), commonly known as Danesh Sokhanvar, was a cleric from Ayask, Khorasan, in Iran. A Shia missionary and social movement leader, he built a city based on Islamic thought that called Islamiyeh (near Ferdows city) after the 1968 Dasht-e Bayaz and Ferdows earthquake.

He brought electricity to Islamiyeh by building a power plant.[1] Also building an infirmary, some therms in south Khorasan, roads, planting trees nearby roads, pest control (by buying dead insect pests), made improvements on roads.[2]

He died in 2000 in Mashhad.

He played a role in completing Blue Mosque of Germany .

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