Here is Press TV's latest top stories at 17:00 GMT on May 23, 2024.

The 5th International Congress of Imam Reza has kicked off in the Iranian city of Mashhad.

A young Iranian-Scandinavian woman documents her trip to Mashhad, Iran to visit the Shrine of Imam Reza (AS), the 8th Shia Imam, on the Iranian New Year's Eve or Nowruz.

This episode takes us to the bazaars, museums and historical sites in the holy city of Mashhad, Iran. It shows us some of the main cultural and religious rituals in this city, and a secret it shares with Qom and Shiraz.   

Iran’s second-largest city of Mashhad is set to host a key gathering of notable women journalists working for alternative media platforms from across the globe in late September.

Iranians have joined in signing the "largest" petition against the desecration of the Muslim Holy book of Qur’an after the repetition of blasphemous acts in Western countries.

Two are killed and five injured in a major leak incident in a gas refinery in eastern Iran.