News - Middle East: Iran has called in Germany’s ambassador to Tehran to voice a protest against the country’s decision to ban the Islamic Center, in Hamburg.

Tehran on Wednesday also condemned the “hostile action contrary to the fundamental principles of human rights.”

The Iranian Foreign Ministry said following the ban, the ministry’s director-general of Western Europe held a meeting with Hans-udo Muzel, in which the Iranian diplomat voiced Iran’s protest in strong terms.

Germany’s Interior Ministry said on Wednesday it had “banned the Hamburg Islamic Centre and its affiliated organizations throughout Germany to date, as it is an Islamist extremist organization pursuing anti-constitutional objectives.”

The center is accused of supporting Hezbollah, which Berlin designates as a “terrorist” organization, as well as promoting “aggressive anti-Semitism” and spreading “authoritarian, theocratic rule.”

As part of the ban, the ministry said it will also close four Shia mosques, including Hamburg’s Blue Mosque, one of Germany’s oldest mosques.