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A bomb explosion in the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran, left at least 25 dead and more than 70 injured.
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Imam Reza shrine bombing
1994 anti-Shia terrorist attack in Mashhad, Iran
The Imam Reza shrine bombing refers to a bomb explosion that occurred on 20 June 1994 in a crowded prayer hall at the shrine of Ali al-Ridha, the eighth Imam of Shia, located in Mashhad, Iran. To maximize the number of casualties, the explosion took place on Ashura, one of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Imam Reza shrine
Tomb of the eighth Imam of the Shiites in Mashhad, Iran
The Imam Reza shrine is a Shi'ite shrine, imamzadeh and mausoleum complex, located in the east of Mashhad, in the province of Razavi Khorasan, Iran. The shrine contains the grave of Ali al-Rida, who is regarded as the eighth Imam in Shia Islam. Also contained within the complex…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mashhad
City in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran
Mashhad, historically also known as Mashad, Meshhed, or Meshed in English, is the second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about 900 kilometres from Tehran. In the Central District of Mashhad County, it serves as the capital…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)