Sentence examples for imam square from inspiring English sources

Much of it is in one place: Imam Square, one of the world's largest plazas.

The Imam Square, as it's now known, is three times the size of St Mark's Square and smaller only than Tiananmen.

This single city alone could justify a trip to Iran, but it's hard to decide whether the prime attraction is the magnificent sweep of the Imam Square, with its perimeter of shopping arcades and its breathtaking blue-tiled mosques, or the gentle curve of the Zayandeh River with its multi-arched bridges.

The opposition website Rah-e Sabz reported confrontations in Enghelab, Haft-e Tir and Imam Hossein Squares.

Leading afternoon prayers in the square, Imam Mazhar Shahin — based in an adjacent mosque — called for unity.

"Oh great Lord, heed the calls of the demonstrators who have been resisting in this square," an imam proclaimed.

As we talked past an overflowing mosque along the side of the square, an imam who was leading prayer outside for the thousands of worshippers who couldn't get inside was preaching about remaining peaceful.

The council issued a statement published on the official website of Mir Hossein Mousavi, kaleme.org, which called on protesters to march, in spite of the government's disapproval, from Imam Hossein to Azadi (freedom) square in Tehran in the afternoon.

Police used tear gas against the protesters in central Tehran's Enghelab, or Revolution, square and in Imam Hossein square, as well as in other nearby main streets.

As the Associated Press is reporting, Iranian police used tear gas against the protesters in central Tehran's Enghelab, or Revolution, square and in Imam Hossein square, as well as in other nearby main streets.

— Wendell Steavenson, "On the Square," February 28 , 2011On the square, there were workers from the slums with broken shoes; university professors; ex-Army officers; trendy upper-middle-class girls with long black hair and Fendi sunglasses; imams and Coptic priests; National Democratic Party members.