The grey-granite mausoleum, which is encircled by a small manicured garden, is where Nader Shah (1688 -1747), the founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is laid to rest. Born Nader Qoli Beg, Nader created ...

Head of top Tehran engineering school calls for criminals to be 'dealt with' after Basij officers reportedly clash with ...

The event, titled “Awaiting the Dawn,” was attended by Afghan and Iranian figures from cultural, social, political, artistic and sports fields, reflecting shared traditions between the two communities ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mourners attend the funeral ceremony in the city of Mashhad for Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir ...

Pakistan’s national flag carrier has resumed direct flights to Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad after a gap of five years, officials said on Thursday. The first Pakistan International Airlines (PIA ...

A huge fire broke out on Sunday at a home appliances' warehouse in the northeast city of Mashhad in Iran, state media reported. "Firefighters have been dispatched from different areas of the city," ...

Local Iranian media said that defense systems were dealing with fresh wave of Israeli attacks in the city of Mashhad on Sunday afternoon. Eyewitnesses said that at around 6:30 PM, air defenses were ...

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 ...