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Mashhad
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May 23, 2024, 5:33 pm
Tens of thousands in attendance as Raisi is buried in Iran’s Imam Reza shrine
Services fail to draw same crowds as those seen at funeral for Soleimani in 2020, in possible sign of country’s feelings; Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis meet on sidelines
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ToI Staff
May 21, 2024, 2:50 pm
Iran begins days of mourning for president and others killed in helicopter crash
Unclear if Ebrahim Raisi’s processions will draw the millions who have attended previous such high-profile events; prosecutors warn against any celebration of hardliner’s demise
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Jon Gambrell
September 4, 2023, 5:08 pm
Iran shuts down indoor water park, citing headscarf mandate violations
Massive complex closed by authorities for ‘ignoring chastity and hjiab’ rules, according to local media
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AFP
May 23, 2023, 2:58 pm
Family building a house in northern Israel destroys 1,800-year-old burial cave
Inspectors raid construction site where bulldozers flattened cave, find ossuaries; owner to be indicted for failing to report antiquity discovery
By
Melanie Lidman
April 6, 2022, 5:29 am
Stabbing attack at holy shrine in Iran kills 1 cleric, injures 2
Motive for foreign national’s assault remains unclear after the incident during Ramadan in the city of Mashhad
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November 29, 2020, 12:17 pm
Body of assassinated Iran nuclear chief taken to Muslim shrine ahead of burial
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh’s remains will be taken to 2 more holy sites ahead of Monday funeral; parliament in Tehran holds closed session to ‘investigate the assassination’
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AFP
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ToI Staff
July 12, 2020, 4:02 pm
Memoir unveils double lives of Jews living incognito in fanatical Islamic Iran
After leaving Mashhad for a safe harbor in NY, Esther Amini’s parents still lived in fear of a pogrom — and expected their daughter to marry as a teen
By
Renee Ghert-Zand
January 5, 2020, 6:34 pm
Iran cancels Soleimani ceremony in Tehran after massive turnout in second city
Mourners flood Mashhad and elsewhere as general’s casket makes its way to capital, with Guards hailing ‘million-man presence of the revolutionary people’
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Agencies
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ToI Staff
August 26, 2019, 8:01 pm
Homes briefly evacuated in Beit Shemesh amid rash of brush fires
Emergency services gain control of blaze before damage to property; more fires in north as summer heat takes its toll
By
Stuart Winer
August 20, 2018, 4:53 pm
Iranian journalist jailed for 10 years for ‘insulting’ imam on Twitter
Mir Mohammad-Hossein Mir-Esmaili convicted for saying 9th-century Muslim leader would have allowed concerts, after city of Mashhad bans them
By
AFP
August 4, 2018, 12:47 pm
Iranian protesters blame their government, not US, for failing economy
Religious school attacked near Tehran as opponents slam regime; rial has slipped to record lows ahead of sanctions restarting Monday after Washington pulled out of nuke deal
By
ToI Staff
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Agencies
May 25, 2018, 7:30 pm
Screens at Iran airport said hacked with anti-regime messages
Group changes arrival and departure monitors in Mashhad to denounce ‘wasting Iranians lives and financial resources in Gaza, Lebanon’
By
ToI Staff
April 19, 2018, 5:22 pm
Iran arrests culture ministry official over public dance
Young boys and girls ‘undermine public decency’ during music performance in shopping mall in northeastern city of Mashhad
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AFP
January 6, 2018, 11:46 am
Government supporters rally in Iran as Tehran mocks Trump’s UN ‘blunder’
Pro-regime demonstrators chant slogans against US, Israel; State TV describes protests as a ‘response to rioters’ in other cities
By
Amir Vahdat
and
Aya Batrawy
December 31, 2017, 10:19 am
2 confirmed killed in Iran, where official warns protesters will ‘pay’
Dozens arrested as demonstrations against cost of living, unemployment spread; authorities insist security forces didn’t fire at crowds
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