Mashhad
Americannoun
noun
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He was born in 1961 in Torghabeh, near Mashhad, a city of religious importance in Iran’s northeast and the hometown of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Born on September 8, 1969 in the holy city of Mashhad in eastern Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei is the only one of the late supreme leader's six children to hold a public position.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
Mohammad Ghafarian, owner of the Shater Abbass Bakery & Market on Westwood Blvd., said he hasn’t been able to reach his family in Tehran or Mashhad at all.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
BBC Verify and BBC Persian have so far confirmed footage of protests at eight universities in Tehran, as well as universities in the major cities of Mashhad and Isfahan.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 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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