A restoration project has been commenced on a minbar (pulpit) of a mosque in Semnan province, which dates back to the Ilkhanid era (1256–1353). The wooden pulpit is a piece of furniture at the Imam Hussein Mosque that stands tall at Jovin village of Sorkheh county, Sorkheh tourism chief Bahman Akhlaqi announced on Tuesday. A minbar is where the imam stands to deliver sermons in a mosque or in the ...