Iran's city of Mashhad has hosted the 2nd edition of the Imam Reza Media Festival.

Shia Muslims are celebrating the birthday anniversary of Imam Reza, the eighth Shia Imam and the grandson of Prophet Muhammad.

Iranians are marking Laylat al-Qadr or the Night of Destiny, the occasion when the holy Quran was revealed to the Prophet of Islam some 14 centuries ago.

The holy shrine of Imam Reza in Iran's northeastern city of Mashhad has hosted a largescale Ramadan Iftar meal.

While it would be unfair to whitewash excesses committed by some fringe elements against Afghan refugees in Iran, it is sheer hyperbole to suggest that Afghan refugees in Iran are in any manner being exploited or terrorized.

The death toll from the stabbing incident at the Imam Reza Shrine in Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad has reached two after another cleric succumbed to his wounds at a local hospital on Thursday.

Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi says the Takfiri terror groups behind the “heinous terrorist attack” at the holy shrine of Imam Reza have been tracked down and will surely be identified.

One Iranian cleric is stabbed to death and two others are injured in an attack in Khorasan Razavi Province.

Iran’s Tabesh pipeline will carry 24 million liters of fuels per day to the second largest city of Mashhad.

Pakistan’s flag carrier PIA resumes direct flights to Iran’s Mashhad after a five-year halt.