Imam Reza Shrine Bombing

Date: June 20, 1994 • Location: Mashhad, Iran, Islamic Republic of

A bomb explosion in the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran, left at least 25 dead and more than 70 injured.

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 holiest days for Shia Muslims, when hundreds of pilgrims had gathered to commemorate the death of their third Imam, Husayn ibn Ali.