Ahmadinejad in Mashhad (City)

There are reports that many people in the city of Mashhad has protested with green colors simultaneously as Ahmadinejad paid a visit to the city and made a speech inside the shrine of Imam Reza (Shiite Saint). There are reports of arrests by police forces. There are also reports mentioning as Ahmadinejad was giving a speech inside the shrine about 100 people have chanted against him inside the shrine.

Another event is that he has not been greeted by Ayatollah Waez Tabasi who is the chief of the "Astane Ghodse Razavi" the biggest religious and most complex institution of the the province of Khorasan Razavi province, which maintains and expands the shrine and operates charities and supports religious activities. The chief of the institution traditionally greets the state chief politicians who are visiting the city.

Just some information: Mashhad is a big city in north east of Iran, which is a very important place for religious tourism of Shiite Muslims, since it hosts the shrine of the Shiites 8'th Imam(Saint). Mashhad is also the resting place of the "Ferdosi" the Iranian poet whose book of poems "Shahnameh (book of the kings)" has played a major role in helping the Persian language revive after the Arab conquest of Iran. The city is also the resting place for of the last mighty classical kings of Iran "Nadershah". Thus, a symbolically very important city.