TEHRAN -- The house of Ayatollah Seyyed Abdollah Behbahani, one of leaders of the Iranian Constitutional Movement, is becoming dilapidated in Tehran.

Several Afghan refugee workers live in the house located in the Sarpulak neighborhood near the Smiths’ Bazaar Sirus Crossroad in downtown Tehran, the Persian service of CHN reported on Sunday.
The house was built in several adjacent blocks by Ayatollah Behbahani’s father, Ayatollah Seyyed Esmaeil Behbahani, his great grandchild Shahriar said.
The ownership of the house was transferred to Ayatollah Seyyed Abdollah Behbahani following the father’s death.
The blocks were separated from each other over the years, he added.
A mosque, which still remains, was also constructed nearby by order of Ayatollah Seyyed Esmaeil Behbahani, but the house is in the possession of Afghan refugee workers and faces the threat of destruction, he explained.
Shahriar said that the Behbahani family previously lost the ownership of the house for reasons, which he refused to disclose.
He called on cultural officials to make the necessary efforts to stop demolition of the structure.
The Iranian Constitutional Movement took place between 1905 and 1911 and led to the establishment of a parliament in Iran.
Ayatollah Seyyed Abdollah Behbahani (1840-1910) joined Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Tabatabaii, another leader the Constitutional Movement, in several sanctuaries.
He was then arrested and exiled to Iraq. Years later, he returned home, but was killed at his home by three unknown assailants before the victory of the Constitutional Movement.