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Contents 1 Rearrangement 2 Persia=Iran? 3 Propaganda 4 WikiProject class rating 5 State facts and not opinions

[edit] Rearrangement

This article should be rearranged. --Sa.vakilian(t-c) 09:47, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Persia=Iran?

Why should all of Iran be known as Persia when less than 40% of Iranians speak persian as a first language?-Vmrgrsergr 04:40, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Because it was officially the name of the country before the 1930s. Why should Spain be called Spain when there is a large minority of Basque living there?--Zereshk 05:23, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Propaganda

The destruction of the city's Jewish population is terribly underplayed and violates NPOV. The Jews were subjected to a horrific pogrom, converted by force, then fled into exile. (How they got away is an epic story and would make a fascinating Hollywood tale, but perhaps isn't for this specific article.) I suggest that this POV tag remain until the article is fixed.68.5.64.178 20:24, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

See the article on the Allahdad incidentScott Adler 21:23, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 21:00, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] State facts and not opinions

The fact is that Mashhad is a holy city and whether or not this has any bearing on the political beliefs of its residents should not be discussed in the opening paragraph. Thus to state in the opening paragraph that

(even though its people are known to be very liberal and criticize the fact that Mashhad is known as a Muslim City because the only thing that makes it a holy city is the Imam Reza's Harem)

is barely relevant and should not be included in the opening paragraph as this merely represents opinions and not facts. So bearing this in mind, I suggest that the quoted text is removed and for people interested in discussing the politics of Mashhad a new paragraph is added under the heading Politics and Mashhad. --Tubular bells83 (talk) 18:47, 23 January 2008 (UTC)