The city of three million people is home to a gold-domed shrine that Shiite Muslims revere as Iran’s most sacred site. The final ceremony will take place there on Thursday. By Leo Sands Iran’s former ...

Mashhad, the capital of Khorasan-e Razavi province, is located in northeastern Iran and is close to the borders of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. It used to be the major oasis along the ancient Silk ...

Three clerics were stabbed by an unknown attacker at a religious shrine in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad, killing two, media reported on April 5. The semiofficial Tasnim news agency said ...

At approximately 18:30 local time, air defense units responded to hostile activity near 17 Shahrivar Street in Mashhad, triggering explosions and thick smoke visible across the area. Eyewitnesses ...

The memorandum of understanding was inked on Wednesday by Alireza Rashidian, the Khorasan Razavi Governor-General, and Nasif Jassim al-Khattabi, the Governor of Karbala, IRNA reported. The agreement ...

Mashhad’s street food scene reflects the culinary traditions of northeastern Iran, where lamb, saffron, and aromatic spices appear in many local dishes. One of the region’s best-known specialties is ...

Heavy rainfall Wednesday in Mashhad, Iran’s second most populous city, has left at least seven people dead and 12 missing, local media reported. Mashhad Municipality Fire Department Chief Hamidreza ...

Mashhad Metro is a light rail system operating in the holy city of Mashhad, in the Razavi Khorasan province of Iran. Operated by Mashhad Urban Railway, the project is also referred to as Mashhad Light ...

Rampant development has emphasised a widening social gap in Mashhad, the starting point of last year’s anti-government protests The wave of anti-government protests in Iran at the end of December ...

When the drought ended and the rains came, Saeed Hanaei believed that it was a sign from God that his killing spree had divine approval. "I realised God looked favourably on me. That he had taken ...