Mashhad
Americannoun
noun
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On Saturday, Iranian state television announced the slain leader will be buried on July 9 in his hometown of Mashhad, after the service was postponed due to the war.
From Barron's • Jun. 13, 2026
Relations were severed a year later after protesters attacked Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tehran and consulate in the northwestern city of Mashhad, following Riyadh's execution of Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
She continued campaigning while undergoing treatment and was arrested in the north-eastern city of Mashhad last December after giving a speech at the memorial ceremony of a fellow human rights activist.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of his father, was born in 1969, in the religious city of Mashhad, in the family’s ancestral home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
Mamani had gotten married at fifteen, became a widow at fifty-three, and spent the rest of her life on her own in an apartment in Mashhad, a city on the far eastern side of Iran.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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