The Economist (US), June 25th, 1994
Government and opposition forces each blame the other for the June 20, 1994, bombing in Meshhad, which coincided with a major Shiite religious festival. Pres Rafsanjani, who himself was the target of an assassination attempt, has been unable to pass his economic reform agenda through parliament.
THE bomb that killed at least 25 people on June 20th in Mashhad exploded at the height of the holiest ceremony in the Shia Muslim calendar. The streets were thronged with believers, beating themselves with chains in mourning for Hussein, grandson of the Prophet, killed at Karbala 1,314 years ago. Stat...
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