Dipped in diversity: Sierra Vistans learn about cultures from their neighbors Apr 19, 2009
Miller grew up in Mashhad, a city in northeastern Iran, until she was 21. She recently returned from a six-month tour of Afghanistan, where, with her skills in the Farsi language, she served as a linguist and cultural analyst. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Obama's Charm Offensive To Iran Apr 3, 2009
Khamenei told a crowd in Mashhad on March 21 that America's extended hand looked like an iron fist encased in a velvet glove. Recalling American support for Iraq in the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, and the United States's accidental shooting down of an Iranian passenger plane in 1988, Khamenei wondered aloud if Obama was changing America's policy or only its rhetoric. (CBS News)
Report: Iran Dismisses U.S. Outreach as a 'Slogan' Mar 23, 2009
A familiar chant of Death to America echoed around a religious shrine in the northeastern city of Mashhad as Khamenei complained that Obama had insulted the Islamic republic of Iran from the first day. " He added: If you are right that change has come, where is that change? Make it clear for us what has changed. His remarks came as a nuclear powered U.S. submarine the USS Hartford collided at sea with an amphibious vessel, the USS New Orleans, off the Straits of Hormuz. Fifteen sailors were... (Fox News)
Iran's supreme leader rebuffs Obama's overture Mar 23, 2009
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran delivering a sermon during his visit to Mashhad on Saturday ... "They chant the slogan of change, but no change is seen in practice," Khamenei said in a speech before a crowd of tens of thousands in Mashhad. (International Herald Tribune)
Iran's supreme leader dismisses Obama overtures Mar 23, 2009
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to his supporters as he prepares to deliver a sermon during his visit to Mashhad, east of Tehran, on Saturday ... We haven't seen any change, Ayatollah Khamenei said in a speech before a crowd of tens of thousands in the northeastern holy city of Mashhad. (Globe and Mail)
Iran's Supreme Leader Dismisses Obama Overtures Mar 22, 2009
"They chant the slogan of change but no change is seen in practice. We haven't seen any change," Khamenei said in a speech before a crowd of tens of thousands in the northeastern holy city of Mashhad. In his video message, Obama said the United States wants to engage Iran, but he also warned that a right place for Iran in the international community "cannot be reached through terror or arms, but rather through peaceful actions that demonstrate the true greatness of the Iranian people and... (Newsmax)
Iran's rhetoric comes with bite Mar 22, 2009
"Have you lifted oppressive sanctions? Have you given up mudslinging and making accusations against the great Iranian nation and its officials?" Khamenei said in a speech in the northeastern city of Mashhad. The crowd chanted "Death to America.". (AZCentral -- News)
Iran rebuffs Obama overtures Mar 22, 2009
AFP/Getty ImagesIran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, addressed thousands yesterday in the holy city of Mashhad ... "They chant the slogan of change but no change is seen in practice. We haven't seen any change," Khamenei said in a speech before a crowd of tens of thousands in the northeastern holy city of Mashhad. (Boston Globe)
Iran demands change in US policy Mar 22, 2009
Speaking to a large crowd in the holy city of Mashhad, Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran had "no experience with the new American government and the new American president". One gesture the US administration could make would be to ease some sanctions on passenger aeroplanes and spare parts. (BBC News -- Africa)
Talk amongst yourselves…. Mar 22, 2009
Khamenei said in a speech Saturday in the northeastern city of Mashhad. The crowd chanted Death to America. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Iran ready to change Mar 22, 2009
"We have no experience with the new American government and the new American president. We will observe them and we will judge. If you change your attitude, we will change our attitude," Khamenei said in an address to thousands of Iranians in the holy city of Mashhad which was broadcast on state television. Tehran, he said, had yet to see any change in US policy towards Iran. (iAfrica.com)
Irans Khamenei dismisses Obama overture Mar 21, 2009
Speaking to tens of thousands of people in the holy city of Mashhad, Khamenei asked how Obama could congratulate Iranians on the new year while the United States continues to accuse the country of supporting terrorism and seeking nuclear weapons. "They give the slogan of change but in practice no change is seen. ... We haven't seen any change," Khamenei said. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Iran to U.S.: "You change, our behaviour will change" Mar 21, 2009
He was speaking in the northeastern city of Mashhad ... "Now the new American administration says: We would like to negotiate with Iran, let's forget the past," Khamenei told a big crowd of people that had gathered at the site in Mashhad. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Iran's strongman shows signs of weakness Feb 14, 2009
MASHHAD, Iran For people like Mahdi Fahandari, times have always been tough in Iran ... Located 850 kilometres east of Tehran near the Afghan and Turkmenian borders, Mashhad is Iran's second-largest city and home to the mammoth Imam Reza Shrine, which makes it a destination for millions of Shia visitors ... The pilgrims and the cross-border trade usually keep the economy strong, but like the rest of the country, Mashhad is feeling the pinch. (Globe and Mail)
Will Obama say 'we're sorry'? Feb 13, 2009
For the past two decades, the "dream" has been carried out by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, born in 1940 in Mashhad into a family of preachers, and just a second-tier cleric. When Khomeini died, he was not even an ayatollah, not to mention an imam: just a hojjatoleslam, a student. (Asia Times Online)
Alireza Jafarzadeh: Mission of Iran's New Majlis Mar 28, 2008
" The situation was even worse elsewhere. In Iran's second most populated city, Mashhad, the leading candidate Mohammad Reza Faker won a seat with 211,624 votes, out of the 1.8 million eligible voters; that is only 12 percent. In the northwestern city of Tabriz, Massoud Pezeshkzad got 105,000 votes, less than nine percent of eligible voters in that city, according to the state-run media. Ridiculing the government s 60 percent figure, the BBC reported that There was certainly no evidence of such... (Fox News)
Gay Iranian Fights For Asylum In Europe Mar 15, 2008
Blindfolded Mahmoud Asgari, 16, left, and another unidentified teenager are set to be publicly hanged, in Mashhad, Iran, on charges of raping boys in this photo taken on July 19, 2005. Adovcacy groups say homosexuality is often punished by execution in Iran. (CBS News -- World)
Iranian nights Feb 22, 2008
Mashhad, a popular Shiite pilgrimage site, thanks to a shrine to Imam Reza, will be the last stop before you return to Tehran, where you'll have two days to soak up the atmosphere and tour sites like Golestan Palace, Imam Khomeini Mosque, and the former U.S. Embassy (whose walls are splattered in political images and graffiti). The Hotel Kowsar will be your base in Tehran, and you can add extra nights before or after the tour for an additional $40 per person per night, based on double occupancy. (MSNBC -- Travel)
UN nuclear watchdog chief ElBaradei said the IAEA has been making "good progress" to solve Iran's nuclear crisis. ElBaradei is expected to issue a report around Feb. 20.• General: Iran ready to teach U.S. lesson Feb 10, 2008
"America's enmity towards Iran stems from the fact that they know Iran's revolutionary ideology is against their quest for domination," Firouzabadi was quoted as saying in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad. The senior Iranian general reiterated that Iran's nuclear program is for peaceful purposes and challenged the United States to prove its accusation that Tehran may be using civilian program as a cover to develop atomic weapons. (Xinhuanet, China)
ElBaradei hails progress with Iran Feb 10, 2008
"America's enmity towards Iran stems from the fact that they know Iran's revolutionary ideology is against their quest for domination," Firouzabadi was quoted as saying in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad. BAGHDAD, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The United States and Iran will hold a new round of talks over the Iraqi issue in Baghdad next week, an Iraqi Foreign Ministry official said on Saturday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Iran Sex Change Operations Get Mullahs' Money as Regime Persecutes Gays Feb 7, 2008
Growing up in the city of Mashhad, Nasser knew he was different from the other boys, sneaking around in his aunt's skirts and experimenting with makeup ... At 14, she was expelled from an all-boys school in Mashhad, a city of 2 million in northeastern Iran, because her looks and behavior were deemed ``immoral. (Bloomberg)
Amnesty International Calls Iran's Practice of Stoning a Cruel and Unacceptable Practice Jan 15, 2008
It was the first officially confirmed stoning since the moratorium, although a woman and a man are known to have been stoned to death in Mashhad in May 2006 ... Courageous efforts are being made by local human rights defenders in Iran who launched the "Stop Stoning Forever" campaign following the May 2006 stonings in Mashhad. (PR Newswire)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
Who stands where on execution Dec 7, 2007
In 2006 in Iran, a group of human rights defenders, mostly women, began a campaign to abolish stoning to death, after reports that a man and woman had been stoned to death in Mashhad, despite an official moratorium on such executions. Amnesty maintains that the trend toward abolishing the death penalty continues to grow. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Pycnogenol Reduces Osteoarthritis Knee Pain Dec 6, 2007
The study was conducted at the rheumatology department of Mashhad Medical University, Iran. Thirty-five volunteers (average age 42) were randomly assigned a daily dose of Pycnogenol (50mg, 3 times a day) or placebo for three months. (Newsmax)
Iran Minister: Gays Deserve Death Nov 13, 2007
The Pet Shop Boys dedicated Fundamental, their Grammy-nominated album, to Mahmoud Asqari and Ayad Marhouni, who were hanged in Justice Square in Mashhad in 2005. Graphic photographs of the execution of the youths, who were under 18 when arrested, were released by the Iranian Students News Agency. (Fox News)
Vice Crackdown... Nov 8, 2007
Nineteen men were hanged in Tehran and Mashhad after being arrested in a sweep on "arazel va obash," a Persian phrase that translates loosely as thugs. It is used for rapists, drug-traffickers and criminals who disturb public security. (The Drudge Report)
U.S. imposes new sanctions on Iran Oct 26, 2007
Today, enemy has concentrated sharp point of its attacks on the Guards, Jafari told a military ceremony in Mashhad, east of Tehran, according to the state news agency IRNA. They have applied all their efforts to reduce the efficiency of this revolutionary body. Now as always, the corps is ready to defend the ideals of the revolution more than ever before. (MSNBC -- Race)
Tehran flaunts new weapons Oct 24, 2007
While most of Iran's air bases, mainly constructed under the Pahlavi dynasty between 1925-79, lie along its western borders in anticipation of threats from that direction, the Qa'em Al-e Muhammad facility is meant to enhance the presence of Iran's air force along its eastern border, together with three other bases in Mashhad, Zahedan and Chah Bahar. The commander of the Iranian air force, Brigadier General Ahmad Miqani, told state television after the base was opened that "in light of the... (Asia Times Online)
In nuclear chief, Iran signals harder line Oct 23, 2007
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Iran college asks Bush to speak Oct 3, 2007
The head of Ferdowsi University in Iran's second city of Mashhad - one of the country's oldest universities - said Mr Bush could answer students' questions about the Holocaust, terrorism and human rights. "This is what President Ahmadinejad did, despite the lack of respect shown towards him," said Ferdowsi University president Alireza Afshour, according to the government daily newspaper Iran. (BBC News)
Iranian University Invites Bush to Speak Oct 3, 2007
A trusted source of newsand information since 1942. " Spokeswoman Dana Perino says Mr. Bush might consider making the trip if Iran was a free and democratic society and allowed its people freedom of expression, and if Iran was not pursuing nuclear weapons and advocating the destruction of Israel. Last week, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke by invitation at Columbia University in New York. He defended Iran's human rights record and denied his country is seeking nuclear weapons or... (Voice of America)
Korean leaders meet in summit Oct 2, 2007
The invitation from Ferdowsi University in the northeastern city of Mashhad was to attend a question and answer session with students and professors, Fars News Agency said. Human rights and other issues could also be raised, it said. (Boston Globe)
The Ticking Bomb? Sep 28, 2007
The Iranian President at the time, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of the Iranian Supreme Council of Security met in Mashhad, Iran, on Aug. 14, 1993 to plan the second bombing, Toma said. "It's a mistake to think those operations do not reach the highest levels of the Iranian government," Toma told FOX News. (Fox News)
Leader's no gays claim rejected in Iran Sep 26, 2007
There have been other high-profile cases in recent years, including that of two teenagers, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, who were publicly hanged in the north-eastern city of Mashhad in the summer of 2005 after admitting having sex. This summer, Pegah Emambakhsh, an Iranian lesbian, was granted permission to take her case to the court of appeal in Britain after claiming she would be in danger of execution if the Home Office implemented its ruling to deport her to Iran. (Guardian Unlimited)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
Iran's Ahmadinejad May Visit Iraq Aug 20, 2007
"When a definite decision about the trip is made, the timing will be announced to the public," Mottaki told reporters in the northeastern city of Mashhad, according to the ISNA news agency. With Shi'ite Muslims now also in power in Baghdad, ties have strengthened between the two oil-rich states since 2003, when U.S. forces toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, a Sunni Arab who waged an eight-year war against Shi'ite Iran in the 1980s. (Newsmax)
French official's Iraq visit offers lift, U.S. says Aug 20, 2007
"When a definite decision about the trip is made, the timing will be announced to the public," Mottaki told reporters in the northeastern city of Mashhad, according to the Iranian Students News Agency. . (International Herald Tribune)
Iran Promises Security Help for Iraq Aug 11, 2007
Meeting with al-Maliki, a fellow Shiite, in the sect's holy city of Mashhad, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that "occupation forces are responsible for the problems in all aspects of life" in Iraq. A staunch opponent of the U.S., Khamenei predicted that the "U.S. policy toward Iraq will definitely fail.". (ABC News)
U.S. troops must leave, Iran tells Iraq Aug 10, 2007
In Iran's holy city of Mashhad, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday told Maliki the existence of U.S. troops was the biggest obstacle to restoring security in Iraq. "The occupiers claim that if they exit now, Iraq will be destroyed. Whereas if the occupiers leave, all the Iraqi officials will move with full force to solve the people's problems," Khamenei was quoted by the state television as saying. (Xinhuanet, China)
Tehran killers hanged in public Aug 3, 2007
On Wednesday seven convicted criminals were hanged for rape, kidnapping and armed robbery in Iran's Second City, Mashhad, with the other two convicts executed in south-east Iran. A few days earlier 12 people were hanged in Tehran's Evin prison. (BBC News -- Africa)
Iran executes nine more criminals Aug 2, 2007
Seven were hanged publicly in two separate locations in the north-eastern city of Mashhad, and two others were executed in south-east Iran ... Mashhad chief prosecutor Gholam Hossein Esmaeeli said a group of five were convicted of "rape, kidnapping, theft and committing indecent acts". (BBC News -- Africa)
Iran Air Force plane crashes, no casualties Jul 24, 2007
The crash occured Monday near Mashhad, 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) northeast of the capital, Tehran, the Islamic Republic News Agency said ... A spokesman for the Mashhad Fighters' Base, Gholam Reza Zinatbakhsh, blamed the crash of technical failures. (International Herald Tribune)
Iran Stones Man To Death For Adultery Jul 11, 2007
There is no official report of the last time Iran stoned someone to death, but there were unconfirmed media reports that a couple was stoned in 2006 in Mashhad, located in northeastern Iran ... There is no official report of the last time Iran stoned someone to death, but there were unconfirmed media reports that a couple was stoned in 2006 in Mashhad, located in northeastern Iran. (CBS News -- World)
Report: Iran stones man to death for adultery Jul 11, 2007
There is no official report of the last time Iran stoned someone to death, but there were unconfirmed media reports that a couple was stoned in 2006 in the northeastern town of Mashhad. Womens rights activists headed by feminist lawyer Shadi Sadr have been campaigning to have the sentence removed from Irans statutes. (MSNBC -- International)
PAPER: AL-QAEDA LINKED TO OPERATIONS FROM IRAN... Jul 7, 2007
A militant Sunni group based in Pakistan and possibly linked to al-Qaeda was suspected of the 1994 bombing of the shrine of the seventh Shia Imam, Reza, in Mashhad, killing 26 people. Iran has also shown growing concern over Jundullah, a radical Sunni group from the restive south-east area of Balucestan that has carried out violent attacks in recent years. (The Drudge Report)
Ahmadinejad - the movie Jul 6, 2007
The rioters ripped through cities including Tehran, Esfahan, Mashhad, and the president's own native Garmsar. They were objecting to a law passed by Iranian authorities partially lifting the subsidy on gasoline and rationing it. (Asia Times Online)
Alireza Jafarzadeh: Iran in Flames Jul 1, 2007
In addition to the capital, Tehran, angry people took to the streets in Arak, the holy city of Mashhad, Ilam, Shiraz, Yasouj and Ahmadinejad's hometown, Garmsar. Other provinces including Azerbaijan, Mazandaran, Khuzistan, Ardebil, Hamedan and Isfahan were scenes of protests and clashes with the police. (Fox News)
Iran Said to Jail Students Who Protested Ahmadinejad Jun 23, 2007
TEHRAN, Iran After Iranian officials began arresting student activists involved in a rare campus protest against President , Abbas Hakimzadeh fled 500 miles east to his home in Mashhad. On June 6, plainclothes security men caught up with him, lawyers say. (Fox News)
Iran: Past the Paranoia Jun 5, 2007
In the great Shia pilgrimage city of Mashhad, on the old Silk Road to China, I understood for the first time that this was something utterly apart, as separate from Sunni practice as a Sicilian Roman Catholic might be from a Scotch Calvinist ... In Mashhad, I was assured, public executions had become rare because they were unpopular, and people would not go to watch them unless the condemned man had committed some especially heinous and bloody crime ... I was also unpleasantly surprised, during... (The American Conservative)
Tehran ignores the bluff and bluster May 26, 2007
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while addressing a gathering of religious figures in the holy city of Mashhad on May 16, posed the question, "How is it possible to hold talks with the US's arrogant, bullying, expansionist administration and its impolite, reckless and demanding officials?". There are no easy answers. (Asia Times Online)
Iran spiritual leader OKs talks with U.S. on Iraq, but ... May 17, 2007
"The talks will only be about the responsibilities of the occupiers in Iraq," he said during a speech to a group of clerics in Mashhad city, about 620 miles northeast of Tehran, according to state-run television. Negotiations in name only. (MSNBC -- International)
Iran is a hot destinationfor Iraqis seeking calm May 13, 2007
MASHHAD, Iran -- Jalil Abbas prayed at the Shi'ite Muslim shrine he had dreamed of visiting all his life, relaxed and energetic even after a 19-hour bus ride across Iran ... Tour operators, who need the government's good graces, often throw in an extra stop on the way from Qom, a center of pilgrimage and religious study in central Iran, to the main attraction in Mashhad ... The next afternoon, Askari loaded about 40 Iraqi pilgrims onto a bus to Mashhad, more than 600 miles to the east, near the... (Boston Globe)
The Chimera of Arab Solidarity Apr 11, 2007
" A week later, in a major speech in Mashhad, Khamenei said: "Frightening the southern neighbors of Iran is another aim of American psychological warfare. Such efforts have continued since the beginning of the revolution. (Ocnus.net)
* Road network to connect China with oil-rich nations Apr 8, 2007
Once completed in 2010, its route will take it through areas rich with untapped resources, including Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, and Mashhad in Iran. Eleven other roads will link Xinjiang to Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Pakistan, the report said, citing the transportation department of Xinjiang. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
China takes another journey on old Silk Road Apr 7, 2007
Once completed in 2010, its route will take it through areas rich with untapped resources, including Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, and Mashhad in Iran. Eleven other roads will link Xinjiang to Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Pakistan, the report said, citing the transportation department of China's north-western territory of Xinjiang. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Iran warns to respond to possible new UN sanctions by all means Mar 22, 2007
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) greets people before starting his speech in Mashhad, 924 km east of Tehran March 21, 2007 ... Khamenei made the remarks in a televised speech from the northeastern city of Mashhad, saying Iran will use "all its capabilities to strike the enemies" if the country faces threats. (Xinhuanet, China)
UN debates sanctions draft as Iran remains defiant Mar 22, 2007
Iran "will use all its capabilities to respond to threats and to the use of force and violence," he warned in a televised speech broadcast Wednesday from the holy city of Mashhad. "If they want to use threats, to resort to force and violence, then without a doubt the people and the authorities will use all their capabilities to strike the enemies," Khamenei said. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Iranians gather in support of president and nuke rights Feb 12, 2007
Similar gatherings also took place in some other Iranian major cities, such as Isfahan and Mashhad. Sunday's gatherings across Iran definitely impressed the international community as the Iranians united again behind President Ahmadinejad, who has been criticized by reformers and conservatives over his domestic policies and hardline stance toward nuclear issue. (People's Daily Online, China)
Iranians back nuclear drive Feb 11, 2007
Thousands of people also crowded the streets of Mashhad. Attendance in Tehran was expected to reach hundreds of thousands. (Gulf News)
Iran, Saudi Arabia to facilitate exchange of pilgrims Feb 1, 2007
-- Deputy Superintendent of Imam Reza's (AS) holy shrine, Seyed Ahmad Alavi, in a meeting with the Saudi Consul in Mashhad Bandar Mohammed Jamil on Wednesday referred to development of pilgrimage facilities between Iran and Saudi Arabia as a spiritual bridge connecting the two states. According to a report released by Imam Reza's (AS) holy shrine, he said that Arab-speaking pilgrims visiting the holy city of Mashhad can benefit from the various plans prepared for them ... "A proper ground for... (Yahoo News -- Iran)
IRAN'S PLANS: STICKS & CARROTS Jan 24, 2007
At least two pro-Taliban warlords, Mullah Jalaleddin and Haji Akbar, have visited the Iranian city of Mashhad to coordinate future tactics against NATO forces with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard. Expect Tehran to heat things up in Afghanistan just before the Security Council ultimatum in March. (New York Post -- Opinions)
EDITORIAL: Biden gets it wrong on Iran Jan 21, 2007
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who is universally regarded as Iraq's pre-eminent Shi'ite cleric and operates as the most powerful unelected political figure, was born in Mashhad, Iran's most sacred city, where he studied for decades. He is said to speak Arabic with a very thick Persian accent. (Washington Times)
Iran's leader won't get warm welcome Jan 14, 2007
In late October, Nisman said that his team traced the bombing to a planning session held in 1993 in the Iranian city of Mashhad. He said the motive for the attack had been Argentina's decision to withdraw some of its support for Iran's nuclear ambitions and for its decision to strengthen relations with the United States and Israel. (The Miami Herald)
Afghan-Pakistani Tension Could Create Opening for Iran Jan 4, 2007
Radio Mashhad, a regional outlet of the Islamic Republic News Agency that broadcasts in Tajik, Dari and Pashtun to Afghanistan, has in recent weeks frequently carried interviews with Afghan observers who point the finger at Pakistan as the main source of instability in Afghanistan. This is a reaction to allegations made by Hamid Gul, the former head of the ISI, that Tehran is aiding anti-Karzai and anti-NATO forces in the provinces of Farah and Nimroz. (EurasiaNet.org)
