(Iran International) An alleged representative of Iran’s supreme leader in Germany has been deported, the local interior ministry said, as part of a crackdown on institutions linked to the Islamic Republic.
Mohammad Hadi Mofatteh, head of the Islamic Center of Hamburg, was ordered to leave Germany after authorities shuttered his center in July for promoting Islamist extremism. His request for an urgent appeal to remain was rejected by a German court and Mofatteh left the country late Tuesday.
His departure comes a little over a year after a Berlin-based Iranian cleric was expelled on similar grounds.
“With the deportation of the former director of the Islamic Center of Hamburg, we have removed one of the most prominent Islamists from our country,” Hamburg’s Interior Senator Andy Grote said, calling the expulsion a positive step for Germany’s security.
