“The accommodation occupancy rate for Mashhad in the first quarter of this Persian year (started on March 20) was 57%,” said a local official in charge of travel services, “Reaching 80% in the ...

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 ...

As the Boeing of a private Iranian airline prepares to land at Mashhad International Airport, a fellow journalist sitting by the window points to the shrine of Imam Raza. The sprawling complex houses ...