Tehran, Aug 2, IRNA - Mashad World City of Precious Stones Festival will be held in the holy Iranian city in presence of Chairman of World Crafts Council Asia-Pacific Region Ghada Hijjawi-Qaddumi on August 9. After designation of Mashad and Lalejin as the global cities of gemstones and pottery in 2016 by the World Crafts Council, two festivals to ...

Mashad, Khorasan Razavi Prov, May 14, IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said selecting of Mashad as the Cultural Capital of the Islamic world in 2017 is an opportunity for introducing Islamic-Iranian culture to the world nations including Muslims. Mashad has been elected as Asias Cultural Capital of the Islamic World in 2017 by the Islamic ...

Mashad, March 4, IRNA - Ayatollah Abbas Vaezi Tabasi, the Custodian of Astan Quds Razavi, holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) and the Supreme Leader's representative in Razavi, North, and South Khorasan died at the age of 80 at Imam Reza hospital in the city of Mashad Friday morning. Ayatollah Tabasi was under medical treatment in the hospital for respiratory ...

Tehran, Feb 6, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani left Tehran for the holy city of Mashad in northeast of country on Saturday morning. He is accompanied by a number of his cabinet members in the visit which is taking place on the occasion of the ten-day celebrations held nationwide to mark the victory anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in the country ...